kinks

Noun (1)

kink (plural kinks)

1. (Scotland, dialectal) 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 (2)

kink (countable and uncountable, plural kinks)

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.
   • 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.1856, Frederick Swartwout Cozzens, The Sparrowgrass Papers
4. Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
   • No more kink. Nothing. Finito. Got it?1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Julian Kaye (Richard Gere)

   Synonyms:

   paraphilia

   Antonyms:

   normophilia

5. A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
   • "What do they think you know?"
     "No more than I've told you. That he's a kink. He rapes people and kills people and spends too much money and flies grass in."1985, John Dann MacDonald, Five Complete Travis McGee Novels, page 254

   Synonyms:

   kinkster

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