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verb. knot, complicate

noun. sudden development; oddity

noun. series of tiny ridges

corrugation

kink

rugosity

noun. eccentricity

noun. eccentricity

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Word Origin & History

kink 1670s, a nautical term, from Du. kink "twist in a rope" (also found in French and Swedish), probably related to O.N. kika "to bend at the knee" (see kick). Figurative sense of "odd notion, mental twist" first recorded in Amer.Eng., 1803, in writings of Thomas Jefferson.

Example Sentences for kink

The new self-coiling hoses won't tangle or kink, and they store neatly, but they aren't flawless.

Too little flow could be caused by a kink in the line or particles clogging the emitters.

The result is that each spike will get a kink that moves out to infinity.

Our city's zoning ordinances plus the kink in our chimney that made it impossible to install a liner made the choice for us.