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kink

  [kingk]
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–noun
1. a twist or curl, as in a thread, rope, wire, or hair, caused by its doubling or bending upon itself.
2. a muscular stiffness or soreness, as in the neck or back.
3. a flaw or imperfection likely to hinder the successful operation of something, as a machine or plan: There are still a few kinks to be worked out of the plan before we start production.
4. a mental twist; notion; whim or crotchet.
5. Slang.
a. bizarre or unconventional sexual preferences or behavior.
b. a person characterized by such preferences or behavior.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6. to form, or cause to form, a kink or kinks, as a rope.
Origin:
1670–80; < D: a twist in a rope
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kink   (kĭngk)   
n.  

  1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, as one caused by the tensing of a looped section of wire.

  2. A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck or back; a crick.

  3. A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.

  4. A mental peculiarity; a quirk.

  5. An unusual or eccentric idea.

  6. Slang Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behavior or taste.

intr. & tr.v.   kinked, kink·ing, kinks
To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.

[Dutch, twist in a rope.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
kink

  1. n.
    a strange person; a kinkyperson. : The guy's a kink. Watch out for him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

kink 
1678, nautical term, from Du. kink "twist in a rope" (also found in Fr. and Swed.), probably related to O.N. kika "to bend at the knee" (see kick). Figurative sense of "odd notion, mental twist" first recorded in Amer.Eng., 1803, in writings of Thomas Jefferson; kinky "sexually perverted" first recorded 1959, earlier it was used in the sense of "eccentric" (1889).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2kink
Function: intransitive verb
: to form a kink kink transitive senses
: to make a kink in kinked and shut off —Benjamin Spock>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

kink (kĭngk)
n.

  1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material.

  2. A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck; a crick.

  3. A mental peculiarity; a quirk.

  4. Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behavior or taste.

v. kinked, kink·ing, kinks
To form or cause to form a kink or kinks.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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