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| kinks | |
| 1. n. plural of kink |  |
| kink | |
| 1. v. To laugh loudly. | |
| 2. v. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing. | |
| 3. n. (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. | |
| 4. n. 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. | |
| 5. n. 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. | |
| 6. n. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. | |
| 7. n. (slang) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste. | |
| 8. n. (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation | |
| 9. v. To form a kink or twist. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To be formed into a kink or twist. | |
