kink
kink is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. [Colloq.] Cozzens.
- 2.To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.
- 3.A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter. [Scot.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- arbitrary
- arc
- arcade
- arch
- arched
- arcuation
- bay
- bend
- bending
- blow
- bough
- bought
- boutade
- bow
- brain
- camel
- capriccio
- caprice
- capricious
- captious
- cardioid
- carve
- catenary
- caustic
- ceiling
- chase
- cold
- concameration
- conchoid
- contrary
- crane
- crescent
- crook
- crotchet
- crotchety
- curl
- curling
- curvation
- curvature
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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