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KINK
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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:
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:
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:
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:
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)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they kink
... he / she / it kinks
Past simple: kinked
-ing form: kinking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling
Synonyms:
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:
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)