Meaning of kink
noun
- a sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight.
a kink in the road
- a crick in the neck.
verb
- 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.
Hyphenation of kink
kink
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 letters.
- kink is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
kink synonyms
crick, rick, wrick
twist, twirl
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
