Library / English Dictionary

KINK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation

Example:

there are still a few kinks to iron out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("kink" is a kind of...):

difficulty (a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An eccentric idea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("kink" is a kind of...):

idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Derivation:

kinky ((informal) strikingly unconventional)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person with unusual sexual tastes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("kink" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

kinky ((used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

Synonyms:

kink; twirl; twist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("kink" is a kind of...):

bend; crease; crimp; flexure; fold; plication (an angular or rounded shape made by folding)

Derivation:

kink (form a curl, curve, or kink)

kink (curl tightly)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British)

Synonyms:

crick; kink; rick; wrick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("kink" is a kind of...):

cramp; muscle spasm; spasm (a painful and involuntary muscular contraction)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form a curl, curve, or kink

Example:

the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling

Synonyms:

curl; curve; kink

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "kink" is one way to...):

change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)

"Kink" entails doing...:

bend; deform; flex; turn; twist (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

kink (a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Curl tightly

Example:

crimp hair

Synonyms:

crape; crimp; frizz; frizzle; kink; kink up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "kink" is one way to...):

curl; wave (twist or roll into coils or ringlets)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They kink their hair

Derivation:

kink (a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight)

Credits