Definition of "kink" in Anglais

verb

1. To laugh loudly.

2. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.

noun

1. (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.

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.

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. (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.

verb

1. (transitive) To form a kink or twist.

2. (intransitive) To be formed into a kink or twist.