noun / verb
kink
KINK/kɪŋk/
An abrupt twist disrupting a smooth course.
A sharp kink pinches the garden hose at one bend.
Etymology
The Dutch word named a twist in a rope, the original nautical image behind the physical sense. Figuratively, a “mental twist” became an odd notion or whim, and later an unusual sexual preference.
In context
you put a kink in it or hose and you put a kink in it, nothing can flow through it.
More examples
- Straighten the kinks in the cable before you coil it.
- The plastic tubing kinks when you bend it too sharply.
- She accidentally kinked the wire with her pliers.
Forms
kink · kinks · kinked · kinking