kink
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɪŋk/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋk
Etymology 1
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”).
Alternative forms
- chink
Verb
kink (third-person singular simple present kinks, present participle kinking, simple past and past participle kinked)
- To laugh loudly.
- To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
Noun
kink (plural kinks)
- (Scotland, dialect) A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
Etymology 2
From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”)[1], from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick.
Alternative forms
- k1nk, k!nk, k/nk, k*nk (bowdlerizations)
Noun
kink (countable and uncountable, plural kinks)
- A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
- We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.
- A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
- They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks.
- An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
- 1856, Frederick Swartwout Cozzens, The Sparrowgrass Papers:
- Never a Yankee was born or bred / Without that peculiar kink in his head / By which he could turn the smallest amount / Of whatever he had to the best account.
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- (informal, countable or uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
- 2013, Alison Tyler, H Is for Hardcore, page 13:
- To top it all off, Lynn is into kink. Last night she was really into kink. It's a good thing that today is my day off because I need the time to recuperate and think things over.
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- (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation.
Antonyms
- (unusual sexuality): normophilia
Derived terms
- kink meme
- kinkshame
- kinky
- sun kink
- YKINMK
Translations
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See also
- BDSM
- fetish
Verb
kink (third-person singular simple present kinks, present participle kinking, simple past and past participle kinked)
- (transitive) To form a kink or twist.
- (intransitive) To be formed into a kink or twist.
Derived terms
- kinked
- kinkle
- kinkless
- kinkster
- kinky
Translations
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References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “kink”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Knik
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch *kinc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɪŋk/
- Hyphenation: kink
- Rhymes: -ɪŋk
Noun
kink f (plural kinken, diminutive kinkje n)
- kink (curl, twist, or bend)
- Er zat een kink in de kabel.
- There was a kink in the cable.
Derived terms
- kinkhoorn
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: kènk, kenku
Estonian
Etymology 1
From Low German schenke.
Noun
kink (genitive kingi, partitive kinki)
- gift
- favour/favor
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kink | kingid |
| genitive | kingi | kinkide |
| partitive | kinki | kinke / kinkisid |
| illative | kinki / kingisse | kinkidesse / kingesse |
| inessive | kingis | kinkides / kinges |
| elative | kingist | kinkidest / kingest |
| allative | kingile | kinkidele / kingele |
| adessive | kingil | kinkidel / kingel |
| ablative | kingilt | kinkidelt / kingelt |
| translative | kingiks | kinkideks / kingeks |
| terminative | kingini | kinkideni |
| essive | kingina | kinkidena |
| abessive | kingita | kinkideta |
| comitative | kingiga | kinkidega |
Derived terms
- jõulukink
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Cognate to dialectal Finnish kenkku.
Noun
kink (genitive kingu, partitive kinku)
- small mound, knoll
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kink | kingud |
| genitive | kingu | kinkude |
| partitive | kinku | kinke / kinkusid |
| illative | kinku / kingusse | kinkudesse / kingesse |
| inessive | kingus | kinkudes / kinges |
| elative | kingust | kinkudest / kingest |
| allative | kingule | kinkudele / kingele |
| adessive | kingul | kinkudel / kingel |
| ablative | kingult | kinkudelt / kingelt |
| translative | kinguks | kinkudeks / kingeks |
| terminative | kinguni | kinkudeni |
| essive | kinguna | kinkudena |
| abessive | kinguta | kinkudeta |
| comitative | kinguga | kinkudega |
Derived terms
- häbemekink
Hungarian
Etymology
From ki (“who”) + -nk (“our, of ours”, possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkiŋk]
- Hyphenation: kink
Pronoun
kink
- first-person plural single-possession possessive of ki
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kink | — |
| accusative | kinket | — |
| dative | kinknek | — |
| instrumental | kinkkel | — |
| causal-final | kinkért | — |
| translative | kinkké | — |
| terminative | kinkig | — |
| essive-formal | kinkként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kinkben | — |
| superessive | kinken | — |
| adessive | kinknél | — |
| illative | kinkbe | — |
| sublative | kinkre | — |
| allative | kinkhez | — |
| elative | kinkből | — |
| delative | kinkről | — |
| ablative | kinktől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | kinké | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | kinkéi | — |
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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
kink (simple past kinket)
- to toss or trip, kick
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 50