'Kink' definitions:
Definition of 'kink'
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Definition of 'Kink'
From: GCIDE
- Kink \Kink\, n. [D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw. kink.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. [Colloq.] --Cozzens. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Kink'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Kink'
From: GCIDE
- Kink \Kink\, n. [Cf. Chincough, Kink-haust.] A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'kink'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute pain,
- birthmark,
- bite,
- blackhead,
- bleb,
- blemish,
- blister,
- boring pain,
- boutade,
- brainstorm,
- bug,
- bulla,
- capriccio,
- caprice,
- catch,
- charley horse,
- check,
- cicatrix,
- cicatrize,
- cirrus,
- coil,
- comedo,
- complication,
- conceit,
- corkscrew,
- crack,
- cramp,
- cramps,
- crank,
- crater,
- craze,
- crazy idea,
- crick,
- crimp,
- crinkle,
- crisp,
- crotchet,
- curl,
- curlicue,
- darting pain,
- deface,
- defacement,
- defect,
- defection,
- deficiency,
- deform,
- deformation,
- deformity,
- difficulty,
- disfiguration,
- disfigure,
- disfigurement,
- distort,
- distortion,
- drawback,
- eccentricity,
- evolute,
- fad,
- failing,
- failure,
- fancy,
- fantastic notion,
- fantasy,
- fault,
- faute,
- flaw,
- flimflam,
- foible,
- fool notion,
- frailty,
- freak,
- freakish inspiration,
- freckle,
- fulgurant pain,
- girdle pain,
- gnawing,
- griping,
- gyre,
- harebrained idea,
- helix,
- hemangioma,
- hickey,
- hitch,
- hole,
- humor,
- idiosyncrasy,
- imperfection,
- inadequacy,
- infirmity,
- involute,
- jumping pain,
- keloid,
- knot,
- lancinating pain,
- lentigo,
- little problem,
- maggot,
- mar,
- megrim,
- milium,
- mole,
- needle scar,
- nevus,
- nip,
- notion,
- pang,
- paroxysm,
- passing fancy,
- pimple,
- pinch,
- pit,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- port-wine mark,
- port-wine stain,
- prick,
- problem,
- pustule,
- quirk,
- rift,
- ringlet,
- roll,
- scab,
- scar,
- scarify,
- scratch,
- screw,
- scroll,
- sebaceous cyst,
- seizure,
- sharp pain,
- shoot,
- shooting,
- shooting pain,
- shortcoming,
- snag,
- something missing,
- spasm,
- spiral,
- split,
- stab,
- stabbing pain,
- stitch,
- strawberry mark,
- sty,
- swirl,
- taint,
- tangle,
- tendril,
- thrill,
- throes,
- tormen,
- toy,
- track,
- tweak,
- twinge,
- twirl,
- twist,
- twitch,
- vagary,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- volute,
- volution,
- vortex,
- vulnerable place,
- wale,
- warp,
- wart,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness,
- weal,
- welt,
- wen,
- whim,
- whim-wham,
- whimsy,
- whirl,
- whitehead,
- whorl,
- wrench,
- wrinkle