English Explanatory Dictionary

kink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To laugh loudly.
  2. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
noun
  1. A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
noun
  1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
  2. A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
  3. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
  4. Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
  5. A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
  6. Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
  7. A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
verb
  1. To form a kink or twist.
  2. To be formed into a kink or twist.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɪŋk/ [ˈkʰɪŋk] en-us-kink.ogg /ˈkiŋk/ [ˈkʰiŋk] en-au-kink.ogg

Word forms

kink kinks kinking kinked chink k1nk k!nk k/nk k*nk

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

paraphilia kinkster

Antonyms

normophilia

Related words

BDSM fetish

Derived words

antikink dekink kinkfic kink meme kinkshame KinkTok sun kink unkink YKINMK kinky kinkable kinked kinkle kinkless kink on kink out kinkster unkinkable
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