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- [kingk]
- /kɪŋk/
- /kɪŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kingk]
- /kɪŋk/
Definitions of kink word
- noun kink a twist or curl, as in a thread, rope, wire, or hair, caused by its doubling or bending upon itself. 1
- noun kink a muscular stiffness or soreness, as in the neck or back. 1
- noun kink 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. 1
- noun kink a mental twist; notion; whim or crotchet. 1
- noun kink Slang. bizarre or unconventional sexual preferences or behavior. a person characterized by such preferences or behavior. 1
- noun kink A sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight. 1
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Origin of kink
First appearance:
before 1670 One of the 47% oldest English words
1670-80; < Dutch: a twist in a rope
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Parts of speech for Kink
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
kink popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
kink usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for kink
noun kink
- crimp — If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
- wrinkle — an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
- curve — A curve is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.
- knot — either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
- crinkle — If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded.
verb kink
- frizzed — the state of being frizzed.
- wreathed — a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.
- scallop — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- perm — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kama River.
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
Antonyms for kink
noun kink
- easiness — the quality or condition of being easy.
- simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
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