kink
pronunciation
How to pronounce kink in British English:
UK [kɪŋk]
How to pronounce kink in American English:
US [kɪŋk]
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- Noun:
- a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
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- Verb:
- curl tightly
- form a curl, curve, or kink
Word Origin
- 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.
Synonym
Example
- 1. You don 't list a particular desire , like wanting to have more sex or to explore a specific kink .
- 2. Manila 's sexy kink cakes bakery heating up for a funny valentine 's day .
- 3. Kink cakes is reputed to be the bad boy of the baking business in the philippines .
- 4. " Kink cakes " is reputed to be the bad boy of the baking business in the philippines .
- 5. I have a kink in my neck .