kink
noun/kɪŋk/
/kɪŋk/
- [countable] a bend or twist in something that is usually straight
- a dog with a kink in its tail
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- [countable] a small problem in a plan, system, etc.
- We need to iron out the kinks in the new system.
- [countable] (informal, often disapproving) an unusual feature in a person’s character or mind, especially one that does not seem normal
- [countable, uncountable] a person's personal sexual taste, considered unusual by most people; these tastes in general
- sexual kinks and fetishes
- The club is popular with people who are into kink.
- [countable, usually singular] (North American English) (also crick British and North American English)a sudden painful stiff feeling in the muscles of your neck or back
- a kink in the neck
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Middle Low German kinke, probably from Dutch kinken ‘to kink’.
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