kink

kink
    n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
         (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: {crick}, {kink},
         {rick}, {wrick}]
    2: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is
       pulled tight [syn: {kink}, {twist}, {twirl}]
    3: a person with unusual sexual tastes
    4: an eccentric idea
    5: a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; "there are still
       a few kinks to iron out"
    v 1: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: {crimp}, {crape},
         {frizzle}, {frizz}, {kink up}, {kink}]
    2: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at
       the ceiling" [syn: {curl}, {curve}, {kink}]
    

Kink \Kink\, n. [D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw. kink.]
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   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.
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   2. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
      [Colloq.] --Cozzens.
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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.
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Kink \Kink\, n. [Cf. {Chincough}, {Kink-haust}.]
   A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.
   [Scot.]
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183 Moby Thesaurus words for "kink":
      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