kink

[kingk] /kɪŋk/
noun
1.
a twist or curl, as in a thread, rope, wire, or hair, caused by its doubling or bending upon itself.
2.
a muscular stiffness or soreness, as in the neck or back.
3.
a flaw or imperfection likely to hinder the successful operation of something, as a machine or plan:
There are still a few kinks to be worked out of the plan before we start production.
4.
a mental twist; notion; whim or crotchet.
5.
Slang.
  1. bizarre or unconventional sexual preferences or behavior.
  2. a person characterized by such preferences or behavior.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6.
to form, or cause to form, a kink or kinks, as a rope.
Origin
1670-80; < Dutch: a twist in a rope
Related forms
unkink, verb
Examples from the web for kink
  • The new self-coiling hoses won't tangle or kink, and they store neatly, but they aren't flawless.
  • Too little flow could be caused by a kink in the line or particles clogging the emitters.
  • The result is that each spike will get a kink that moves out to infinity.
  • Our city's zoning ordinances plus the kink in our chimney that made it impossible to install a liner made the choice for us.
  • Joseph straightened his shoulders, but as they approached the cliff, he felt his stomach kink.
  • Imagine two cars starting at the same spot and accelerating away from each other, but lets add a kink.
  • He had wrapped both hands around his lower back and kept straightening up, as if to work out a kink.
  • There's a visible kink in the descent path about half way along, visible in all the photos.
  • She straightens a kink in the filament and blows on the butterfly gently a few times to dry the cement.
  • As you might expect, the damage to so many planes has put a kink into the airline's operations.
British Dictionary definitions for kink

kink

/kɪŋk/
noun
1.
a sharp twist or bend in a wire, rope, hair, etc, esp one caused when it is pulled tight
2.
a crick in the neck or similar muscular spasm
3.
a flaw or minor difficulty in some undertaking or project
4.
a flaw or idiosyncrasy of personality; quirk
5.
(Brit, informal) a sexual deviation
6.
(US) a clever or unusual idea
verb
7.
to form or cause to form a kink
Word Origin
C17: from Dutch: a curl in a rope; compare Middle Low German kinke kink, Old Norse kinka to nod
Word Origin and History for kink
n.

1670s, a nautical term, from Dutch kink "twist in a rope" (also found in French and Swedish), probably related to Old Norse kikna "to bend backwards, sink at the knee" (see kick). Figurative sense of "odd notion, mental twist" first recorded in American English, 1803, in writings of Thomas Jefferson. As a verb, 1690s, from the noun.

kink in Medicine

kink (kĭngk)
n.

  1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material.

  2. A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck; a crick.

  3. A mental peculiarity; a quirk.

  4. Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behavior or taste.

v. kinked, kink·ing, kinks
To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.
Slang definitions & phrases for kink

kink

modifier

: a kinko diner who tries to attract Chong's attention

noun
  1. (also kinko) A person with deviant or bizarre tastes, esp sexual: I'm not some kind of kink (1960s+)
  2. A deviant practice or predilection, esp sexual: a Nazi with a kink for prepubescent girls/ the female staffer whose kink is making love down in the morgue
  3. A style featuring deviation and oddness: blend of leaden TV-style melodrama and deadpan modernist kink (1990s+)
  4. A defect or flaw, esp a minor one; bug: We'll work the kinks out of the plan before we announce it (1868+)