NOUN | state | kink, crick, rick, wrick | a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British) |
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shape | kink, twist, twirl | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight | |
person | kink | a person with unusual sexual tastes | |
cognition | kink | an eccentric idea | |
cognition | kink | a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation | |
VERB | contact | kink, crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up | curl tightly |
change | kink, curl, curve | form a curl, curve, or kink |
Meaning | A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back ('rick' and 'wrick' are British). | |
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Synonyms | crick, rick, wrick | |
Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
Broader | spasm, cramp, muscle spasm | A painful and involuntary muscular contraction |
Spanish | tortícolis | |
Catalan | torticoli |
Meaning | A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight. | |
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Synonyms | twist, twirl | |
Broader | fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend | An angular or rounded shape made by folding |
Spanish | enroscadura | |
Verbs | kink | form a curl, curve, or kink |
kink | curl tightly |
Meaning | A person with unusual sexual tastes. | |
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Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Adjectives | kinky | (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes |
Meaning | An eccentric idea. | |
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Broader | idea, thought | The content of cognition |
Adjectives | kinky | informal terms |
Meaning | A difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation. | |
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Example | "there are still a few kinks to iron out" | |
Broader | difficulty | A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result |
Spanish | impedimento, inconveniente, problema |
Meaning | curl tightly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They kink their hair | |
Synonyms | crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up | |
Broader | curl, wave | Twist or roll into coils or ringlets |
Spanish | arrugar, encrespar, ondular, retorcer, rizarse, rizar | |
Catalan | arrissar-se, arrissar, cargolar-se, cargolar, crespar, ondular | |
Nouns | kink | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
Meaning | form a curl, curve, or kink. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | curl, curve | |
Entails | flex, bend, deform, twist, turn | Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked / crooked or angular form |
Broader | change surface | Undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface |
Spanish | curvar | |
Catalan | arrissar-se, arrissar, cargolar-se, cargolar, enroscar | |
Nouns | kink | a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight |
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