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kink

US/ˈkɪŋk/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

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verb

1.

curl tightly

  • “crimp hair”
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2.

form a curl, curve, or kink

  • “the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • kink meme
  • kink on
  • kink out
  • sun kink

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