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kink noun2. L17.
[Middle & mod. Low German kinke (Dutch kink) from base meaning 'bend': cf. Icelandic (Old Norse) kikna bend at the knees.]
A short twist in a rope, thread, wire, etc., where it is bent back on itself, esp. one stiff enough to cause obstruction (orig. Nautical); a tight wave in human or animal hair. Also (transf.), a crick in the neck. L17.
Hairdo Ideas A special planning technique that takes the kink out of curls.
b. A sudden bend in a line, course, etc., that is otherwise straight or smoothly curved. L19.
fig.
a. A mental twist or quirk. Now chiefly, a bizarre sexual practice or preference. E19.
T. Jefferson Adair..had his kink. He believed..the Indians of America to be descended from the Jews. R. Davies You know that homosexuality is an O.K. kink nowadays.
b. A clever idea for or method of doing something. Chiefly US. E19.
A person who has bizarre sexual tastes or is given to bizarre sexual practices; loosely an eccentric. Orig. US. M20.
Independent He was a bit of a kink. He liked to be caned.
kinkless adjective without a kink; spec. (Electronics) (of a tetrode) designed so as to have a smooth characteristic curve: M20.