kink
verb/kɪŋk/
/kɪŋk/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they kink | /kɪŋk/ /kɪŋk/ |
| he / she / it kinks | /kɪŋks/ /kɪŋks/ |
| past simple kinked | /kɪŋkt/ /kɪŋkt/ |
| past participle kinked | /kɪŋkt/ /kɪŋkt/ |
| -ing form kinking | /ˈkɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈkɪŋkɪŋ/ |
- kink (something) to develop or make something develop a bend or twistWord Originlate 17th cent.: from Middle Low German kinke, probably from Dutch kinken ‘to kink’.
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