kink
/ˈkɪŋk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.21 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To laugh loudly.
noun
A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
Example Sentences
- "We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose."
- "They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks."
- "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."
- ""Still, boozers can be worked sometimes. Most people can, if you encourage their kink. One old woman staked me for three months because she got such a kick out of scandalmongering the neighbours to me.""
- "No more kink. Nothing. Finito. Got it?"
- "To top it all off, Lynn is into kink. Last night she was really into kink. It's a good thing that today is my day off because I need the time to recuperate and think things over."
Etymology
From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɪŋk/
- British English: /ˈkɪŋk/
Usage
Inflected Forms
kinks (present, singular)
kinking (participle, present)
kinked (participle, past)
kinked (past)
chink (alternative)
kinks (plural)
k1nk (alternative)
k!nk (alternative)
k/nk (alternative)
k*nk (alternative)