From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”).
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(Scotland, dialectal) A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
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kink en · VERB · etymology 1
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[ˈkʰiŋk] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”).
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To laugh loudly.
To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
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kink en · NOUN · etymology 2
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[ˈkʰiŋk] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Saterland Frisian Kink (“twist or entanglement in a rope or cord”), Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.
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(countable, uncountable) A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.
(countable, uncountable) A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks.
(countable, uncountable) An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
Never a Yankee was born or bred / Without that peculiar kink in his head / By which he could turn the smallest amount / Of whatever he had to the best account. 1856, Frederick Swartwout Cozzens, The Sparrowgrass Papers:
"Still, boozers can be worked sometimes. Most people can, if you encourage their kink. One old woman staked me for three months because she got such a kick out of scandalmongering the neighbours to me." 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 17:
(countable, uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
No more kink. Nothing. Finito. Got it? 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Julian Kaye (Richard Gere):
To top it all off, Lynn is into kink. Last night she was really into kink. It's a good thing that today is my day off because I need the time to recuperate and think things over. 2013, Alison Tyler, H Is for Hardcore, page 13:
(countable, uncountable) A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
“He's a kink. All I have to do is toss off my clothes and dance around his apartment while he sits and drools.” 2013, James Hadley Chase, A Can of Worms:
"What do they think you know?"
"No more than I've told you. That he's a kink. He rapes people and kills people and spends too much money and flies grass in." 1985, John Dann MacDonald, Five Complete Travis McGee Novels, page 254:
(countable, uncountable) Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
(countable, uncountable) A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
es desvarío (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ru переги́б (tight curl, twist, or bend) · de Perversion (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · sv brist (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · hu ferde hajlam (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ca perversió (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ru препя́тствие (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · ru заги́б (tight curl, twist, or bend) · pt dobra (tight curl, twist, or bend) · ro perversiune sexuală (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ru стра́нность (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ka ყულფი (tight curl, twist, or bend) · es excentricidad (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ru кинк (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · es onda (tight curl, twist, or bend) · sv veck (tight curl, twist, or bend) · ka ნაკვთი (tight curl, twist, or bend) · es rareza (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · es problema (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · ru пробле́ма (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · ca desviació (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ka დაბრკოლება (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · fr bizarrerie (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ka პრობლემა (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · ru извращение (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · fi vika (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · es inconveniente (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · fi sykkyrä (tight curl, twist, or bend) · pt tara (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · bg извивка (tight curl, twist, or bend) · es arruga (tight curl, twist, or bend) · cs zádrhel (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · cmn 性癖 (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · cmn xp (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · es pero (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · de Macke (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · ru ненорма́льность (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · fi puute (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · sv knut (tight curl, twist, or bend) · el εκκεντρικότητα (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ca distorsió (tight curl, twist, or bend) · el διαστροφή (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · sv fnurra (tight curl, twist, or bend) · ka მარყუჟი (tight curl, twist, or bend) · sv problem (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · es dobladura (tight curl, twist, or bend) · nl kink (tight curl, twist, or bend) · ca remolí (tight curl, twist, or bend) · ru изги́б (tight curl, twist, or bend) · es doblez (tight curl, twist, or bend) · fr imprévu (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · sv avvikelse (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · fr kink (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · hu beteges hajlam (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ro fetiș (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · es impedimento (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · es pliegue (tight curl, twist, or bend) · de Knick (tight curl, twist, or bend) · fr coude (tight curl, twist, or bend) · fr excentricité (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · es desviación (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · bg чупка (tight curl, twist, or bend) · ro zuluf (tight curl, twist, or bend) · ru отклонение (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · hu perverzió (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · pt prega (tight curl, twist, or bend) · ru заско́к (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · fr perversion (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · fr hic (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation) · es doblegadura (tight curl, twist, or bend) · de Kurve (tight curl, twist, or bend) · fi kierouma (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ro răsucitură (tight curl, twist, or bend) · pt perversidade (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste) · ca arruga (tight curl, twist, or bend) · es retorcedura (tight curl, twist, or bend) · he קשר (tight curl, twist, or bend) · it perversione (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste)
kink en · VERB · etymology 2
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰiŋk] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Saterland Frisian Kink (“twist or entanglement in a rope or cord”), Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.
ru перегну́ться (to form a kink or twist) · ru перекрути́ться (to form a kink or twist) · es doblar (to form a kink or twist) · es retorcer (to form a kink or twist) · es doblegar (to form a kink or twist) · bg правя чупка (to form a kink or twist) · es arrugar (to form a kink or twist) · ro răsuci (to form a kink or twist)