Kinking

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]