kink

Meaning of kink

noun
  1. a sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight.
    a kink in the road
  2. a crick in the neck.
verb
  1. form or cause to form a sharp twist or curve.
    the river kinks violently in a right angle
    take care to avoid kinking the wire

late 17th century: from Middle Low German kinke, probably from Dutch kinken ‘to kink’.

Information about kink

  • The plural form of kink is: kinks.
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Hyphenation of kink

kink

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • kink is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

kink synonyms

Meaning crick:

crick, rick, wrick

Meaning twist:

twist, twirl

Meaning crimp:

crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz

Meaning curl:

curl, curve

Meaning a lock of hair hanging in a corkscrew-shaped curl:

ringlet

Meaning a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore:

wave

Meaning a fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, or something similar on itself and tightening it:

knot

Meaning a confused mass of something twisted together:

tangle

Meaning the action or fact of entangling or being entangled:

entanglement

Meaning a length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings:

coil

Meaning a shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself:

loop

Meaning a wrinkle or crease on the surface of something:

crinkle

Meaning a slight line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face:

wrinkle

Meaning a twist or distortion in the shape of something:

warp

Meaning the action of distorting or the state of being distorted:

distortion

Meaning a thing that is irregular in form or nature:

irregularity

Meaning a curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit:

bend

Meaning a sharp bend in a road:

corner

Meaning the space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet:

angle

Meaning a bend in something, especially at the elbow in a person's arm:

crook

Meaning an act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point:

turn

Meaning a line or course having abrupt alternate right and left turns:

zigzag

Anagrams of kink

Knik

Words that rhyme with kink

unkink, pseudoskink, skink

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