4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kink \Kink\, n. [D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw kink.]
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.
2. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
[Colloq.] --Cozzens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kink \Kink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kinked}; p. pr & vb n.
{Kinking}.]
To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon
itself as a rope or thread.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kink \Kink\, n. [Cf. {Chincough}, {Kink-haust}.]
A fit of coughing; also a convulsive fit of laughter.
[Scot.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kink
n : a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is
pulled tight [syn: {twist}, {twirl}]
v 1: curl tightly, of hair [syn: {crimp}, {crape}, {frizzle}, {frizz},
{kink up}]
2: put a kink in
3: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at
the ceiling"; "The road curved" [syn: {curl}, {curve}]
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