kink
noun
- sexual fetish
- a short tight twist or curl caused by a doubling or winding of something upon itself
- a mental or physical peculiarity : eccentricity, quirk
- whim
- a clever unusual way of doing something
- a cramp in some part of the body
- an imperfection likely to cause difficulties in the operation of something
verb
- tightly tangling, pinching, or impeding progress of
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪŋk/ / [ˈkʰɪŋk] / /ˈkiŋk/
noun
Etymology: From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Saterland Frisian Kink (“twist or entanglement in a rope or cord”), Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.
- A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
“We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.”
- A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
“They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks.”
- An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
“Never a Yankee was born or bred / Without that peculiar kink in his head / By which he could turn the smallest amount / Of whatever he had to the best account.”
“"Still, boozers can be worked sometimes. Most people can, if you encourage their kink. One old woman staked me for three months because she got such a kick out of scandalmongering the neighbours to me."”
- Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
“No more kink. Nothing. Finito. Got it?”
“To top it all off, Lynn is into kink. Last night she was really into kink. It's a good thing that today is my day off because I need the time to recuperate and think things over.”
- A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
“"What do they think you know?" "No more than I've told you. That he's a kink. He rapes people and kills people and spends too much money and flies grass in."”
““He's a kink. All I have to do is toss off my clothes and dance around his apartment while he sits and drools.””
- Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
- A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
verb
Etymology: From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Saterland Frisian Kink (“twist or entanglement in a rope or cord”), Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.
- To form a kink or twist.
- To be formed into a kink or twist.