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kinks

noun

Meaning

  1. A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
  2. To laugh loudly.
  3. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
  4. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
  5. A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
  6. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
  7. Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
  8. A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation
  9. To form a kink or twist.
  10. To be formed into a kink or twist.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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