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I tell you, I'm really not what you'd call into your basic kink, even though we do live in Hollywood, which is a little bit like living in a box of granola.
McLean Stevenson

Meaning of "kink" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD KINK

From Dutch: a curl in a rope; compare Middle Low German kinke kink, Old Norse kinka to nod.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF KINK

kink  [kɪŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KINK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kink is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb kink in English.

WHAT DOES KINK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of kink in the English dictionary

The first definition of kink in the dictionary is a sharp twist or bend in a wire, rope, hair, etc, esp one caused when it is pulled tight. Other definition of kink is a crick in the neck or similar muscular spasm. Kink is also a flaw or minor difficulty in some undertaking or project.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO KINK

PRESENT

Present
I kink
you kink
he/she/it kinks
we kink
you kink
they kink
Present continuous
I am kinking
you are kinking
he/she/it is kinking
we are kinking
you are kinking
they are kinking
Present perfect
I have kinked
you have kinked
he/she/it has kinked
we have kinked
you have kinked
they have kinked
Present perfect continuous
I have been kinking
you have been kinking
he/she/it has been kinking
we have been kinking
you have been kinking
they have been kinking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I kinked
you kinked
he/she/it kinked
we kinked
you kinked
they kinked
Past continuous
I was kinking
you were kinking
he/she/it was kinking
we were kinking
you were kinking
they were kinking
Past perfect
I had kinked
you had kinked
he/she/it had kinked
we had kinked
you had kinked
they had kinked
Past perfect continuous
I had been kinking
you had been kinking
he/she/it had been kinking
we had been kinking
you had been kinking
they had been kinking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will kink
you will kink
he/she/it will kink
we will kink
you will kink
they will kink
Future continuous
I will be kinking
you will be kinking
he/she/it will be kinking
we will be kinking
you will be kinking
they will be kinking
Future perfect
I will have kinked
you will have kinked
he/she/it will have kinked
we will have kinked
you will have kinked
they will have kinked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been kinking
you will have been kinking
he/she/it will have been kinking
we will have been kinking
you will have been kinking
they will have been kinking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would kink
you would kink
he/she/it would kink
we would kink
you would kink
they would kink
Conditional continuous
I would be kinking
you would be kinking
he/she/it would be kinking
we would be kinking
you would be kinking
they would be kinking
Conditional perfect
I would have kink
you would have kink
he/she/it would have kink
we would have kink
you would have kink
they would have kink
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been kinking
you would have been kinking
he/she/it would have been kinking
we would have been kinking
you would have been kinking
they would have been kinking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you kink
we let´s kink
you kink
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to kink
Past participle
kinked
Present Participle
kinking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KINK


blink
blɪŋk
brink
brɪŋk
cinque
sɪŋk
drink
drɪŋk
fink
fɪŋk
hyperlink
ˈhaɪpəˌlɪŋk
ink
ɪŋk
link
lɪŋk
mink
mɪŋk
permalink
ˈpɜːməˌlɪŋk
pink
pɪŋk
rethink
riːˈθɪŋk
rink
rɪŋk
shrink
ʃrɪŋk
sink
sɪŋk
sync
sɪŋk
think
θɪŋk
twink
twɪŋk
wink
wɪŋk
zinc
zɪŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KINK

kingship
kingside
Kingsley
Kingston
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Thames
Kingstown
Kingwana
kingwood
kinin
kinkajou
kinkier
kinkiest
kinkily
kinkiness
kinkle
kinky
kinky boots
kinless

WORDS THAT END LIKE KINK

data link
dink
energy drink
everything but the kitchen sink
heat sink
I don´t think
ice rink
invisible ink
kitchen sink
kitchen-sink
meat and drink
missing link
on the blink
overthink
relink
skating rink
soft drink
the drink
unlink
uplink

Synonyms and antonyms of kink in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «KINK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «kink» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of kink

Translation of «kink» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KINK

Find out the translation of kink to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kink from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kink» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纠结
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

torcedura
570 millions of speakers

English

kink
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गुत्थी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شبك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

излом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

torção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গিরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anomalie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kink
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Knick
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

よじれ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꼬임
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kink
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முறிவு, இடைமுறுக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिंपडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilginçlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nodo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zagięcia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

злам
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încurca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λόξα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kinkel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kink
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kink
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kink

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KINK»

The term «kink» is very widely used and occupies the 22.276 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KINK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kink» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kink» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kink

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «KINK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word kink.
1
McLean Stevenson
I tell you, I'm really not what you'd call into your basic kink, even though we do live in Hollywood, which is a little bit like living in a box of granola.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KINK»

Discover the use of kink in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kink and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
'Da Kink in My Hair
Mixing laughter and tears - and told in words, music and dance - the stories explore the hardship, struggles and joys of black women's lives.
Trey Anthony, 2005
2
Kink: An Autobiography
The co-founder of the long-lived English rock group, The Kinks, recounts his turbulent life in the whirlpool of pop stardom, his notorious feuds with his brother and band-mate, Ray, and his long affair with singer Chrissie Hynde
Dave Davies, 1998
3
Lovers' Feud (Caden Kink, Book One)
Book one in the Caden Kink series.
Ann Jacobs, 2012
4
Kink and Particle
Offering multiple perspectives from a young woman on the brink of her 30th birthday, this collection looks back to childhood experiences, to the more indulgent pleasures of the 20s, and then onwards towards a mysterious but much-anticipated ...
Tiffany Atkinson, 2006
5
Kink Magic: Sex Magic Beyond Vanilla
The authors explore the realm of sex magic from the kinkier side, using the intense altered states of consciousness inherent in BDSM and other fetish play to create practical and metamorphic techniques.
Taylor Ellwood, Lupa, 2007
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Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of Bdsm and Beyond
Lee Harrington. rituals can be as simple as two or three friends praying together at the same time, or be high pageantry affairs that take years to coordinate and thousands or even millions of dollars to pull off (if say you need to build a cathedral ...
Lee Harrington, 2009
7
Kink: A Novel
Likened to Clive Barker, Don DeLillo, and William S. Burroughs, a celebrated young novelist offers a new novel set in the nightclubs of a decadent urban artists' community, where a man and two women share a complex erotic relationship.
Kathe Koja, 1996
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Kink
Kink. 1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, as one caused by the tensing of a looped section of wire..... 2. A painful muscle spasm, as in the neck or back; a crick..... 3. A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a ...
Nicole I-nesca
9
The Techniques of Modern Structural Geology: Folds and Fractures
>t and n are the normal and shear viscosity parameters Geometric development of chevron folds from conjugate kinks Answer 20.2 Kink folds are always localized between well defined parallel sided or elongate lens shaped axial surfaces ...
John G. Ramsay, 1987
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Properties of Crystalline Silicon
This last objection could also be levelled at the reconstructed kink, 'strained bond' model — in order for the doping dependence to work, charge carriers would need to be trapped and localised into shallow dislocation (or reconstructed kink)  ...
Robert Hull, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KINK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kink is used in the context of the following news items.
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Formula One driver Jules Bianchi dies: David Beckham leads the …
June 19, 1960: Chris Bristow crashed into a bank at the infamous Burnenville kink at Spa-Francorchamps, scene of the Belgian Grand Prix, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
List of Formula One fatalities | Sport24
... of Formula One' for the reckless abandon he showed when competing, was decapitated when the impact of the crash at the Burnenville kink ... «Sport24, Jul 15»
3
Reddit needs a real leader | The Verge
... users and assure them that words like "offensive" and "obscene" wouldn't be used to ban the site's sex-positive BDSM and kink communities. «The Verge, Jul 15»
4
Political Happy Hour: July 17, 2015 - Metro - The Boston Globe
REAL-LIFE IMPACT, via Laura Krantz on BostonGlobe.com: “The University of Massachusetts is planning to iron out a major kink in the ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
5
Meet the most likeable man in Hollywood, Paul Rudd | Irish Examiner
When he sat in the chair, a kink formed in his cooling tube and blocked the flow of air. An assistant noticed and darted over to fix it. Someone ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
6
Tappan Zee Bridge Zipper's days are numbered - The Journal News
A "wow" in the wall: Ernie Feeney, a patrol supervisor and another original Zipper driver, says the wall sometimes gets a kink in it, when a ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Jul 15»
7
Up in the air: Paduol Ater's high-flying dream - The Age
(A kink or bend in the parallel scar lines is indelible proof that the initiate flinched or moved. Ater's lines are uniformly straight.) "You then ... «The Age, Jul 15»
8
Hafeez banned as Harbhajan bamboozles - The Express Tribune
Perhaps an elbow kink in a blue Indian shirt becomes invisible, while one in a green Pakistan shirt shakes the very foundations of cricketing ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Best amusement parks list released by TripAdvisor | Theme Parks …
THAN VERSE ALLIES NOT ON THEIR HANDS, THEY ARE WORKING ON A NEW ATTRACTION, KING CONGRESS MOVING INTO-- KINK ... «WESH Orlando, Jul 15»
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What is up with the $3.3 Billion Loss that General Electric Company …
Shareholders of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) saw this as a kink when it came to the plans laid out by Jeff Immelt, company CEO. «WallStreet.org, Jul 15»

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