kinknoun [ C ]
uk/kɪŋk/us/kɪŋk/kink noun [ C ] (TWIST)
an unwanted twist or bend in a wire, rope, pipe, etc. that is usually straight:
There was a kink in the pipe.
US a sore muscle, especially in the neck or back
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Geometry: bends, loops & curves
- anfractuous
- arc
- bend
- coil
- curve
- dogleg
- helix
- hyperbola
- loop
- meander
- parabola
- peaked
- spiral
- swoosh
- trajectory
- turn
- twist
- whirl
- whorl
- wraparound
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
kink noun [ C ] (PROBLEM)
something that is wrong:
Pete still needs to iron out a few kinks in his game.
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Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- chink
- clinker
- errata
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- irregularity
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
- solecism
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kink noun [ C ] (HABIT)
a strange habit
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Habitual behaviour
- atavistic
- creature
- creature of habit idiom
- custom
- diet
- disposition
- dog
- force
- leaning
- penchant
- practice
- predisposition
- proclivity
- programme
- propensity
- take
- tendency
- wont
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks idiom
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