Kink
noun
A twist or curl in something that is usually straight.
I can't get this kink out of my hair.
Often appears as...
- kink in the line
- hair kink
noun
A problem or difficulty in a system or plan.
We've got a few kinks to iron out in the scheduling system.
Often appears as...
- iron out the kinks
- work out the kinks
noun
A quirk of character or behavior.
She’s got her kinks but I love her anyway.
Often appears as...
- have her kinks
- his kinks
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A specific type of sexual behavior that people find exciting.
They are not afraid to talk about their kinks.
Often appears as...
- sexual kinks
- discuss their kinks
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A twist or curl in something that is usually straight.
I can't get this kink out of my hair.
Often appears as...
- kink in the line
- hair kink
noun
A problem or difficulty in a system or plan.
We've got a few kinks to iron out in the scheduling system.
Often appears as...
- iron out the kinks
- work out the kinks
noun
A quirk of character or behavior.
She’s got her kinks but I love her anyway.
Often appears as...
- have her kinks
- his kinks
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A specific type of sexual behavior that people find exciting.
They are not afraid to talk about their kinks.
Often appears as...
- sexual kinks
- discuss their kinks
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical objects
Used when objects have unexpected bends or curls, often caused by tangling or coiling.
I spent an hour trying to smooth out the kinks in my necklace chain.
Pro Tip 2/2Common with wires
Frequently happens with cords like phone chargers and hoses, impacting functionality.
The garden hose has a kink in it, and now the water pressure is low.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical objects
Used when objects have unexpected bends or curls, often caused by tangling or coiling.
I spent an hour trying to smooth out the kinks in my necklace chain.
Pro Tip 2/2Common with wires
Frequently happens with cords like phone chargers and hoses, impacting functionality.
The garden hose has a kink in it, and now the water pressure is low.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical objects
Used when objects have unexpected bends or curls, often caused by tangling or coiling.
I spent an hour trying to smooth out the kinks in my necklace chain.
Pro Tip 2/2Common with wires
Frequently happens with cords like phone chargers and hoses, impacting functionality.
The garden hose has a kink in it, and now the water pressure is low.
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Safari Live - Day 15 PIPE...
groom and stretch and yawn before they're had well they're generally are yawning to get some oxygen into them the stretching is obviously to get all the kinks because obviously often they'll sleep for many hours without moving and the grooming is quite an important social aspect of line behavior
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How to have a healthier,...
and these women have taught us that despite the dark history that covers the body of women from our beautiful continent, these women are actively and beautifully constructing what sex and pleasure means to them. This is not to say that everyone now needs to rush out and engage in kink.
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Can you solve the death...
Fortunately, the Coil Runner comes equipped with emergency turbo thrusters. Unfortunately, your uncle was a notorious tinkerer, and the system still had some kinks to work out. Just minor things like the ignition exploding, the reactor leaking, or the oxygen levels depleting—
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How porn changes the way...
or people who have kinks or have fetishes. So I could see why, on the one hand, we might be very worried about the messages that pornography is sending, and on the other hand, why we might be really worried about going overboard indicting it. For the next two years,
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Could a DAO Build the...
To help solve some of these issues, states like Wyoming are putting laws on the books that recognize DAOs. And we actually used one of these laws to buy our first piece of land at CityDAO, that's why it's in Wyoming. Once we work out the kinks,
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What is the universe...
to speculate on what, if anything, exists beyond our spacetime. These aren't wild guesses, but hypotheses that tackle kinks in the scientific theory of the Big Bang. The Big Bang predicts matter to be distributed evenly across the universe,
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Launching a Food...
what I'm saying is this is the time this is working ted's thank you thank you I needed you and you came at the right time I got into this school I found a kink in the armor it's a school owned by the LAUSD that's managed by a partner's
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What causes dandruff,...
This is because sebum is composed of both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Saturated fats neatly pack together. Unsaturated fats, on the other hand, contain double bonds that create an irregular kink in their structure.
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JAWS vs. CLAWS PIPE...
have stolen stolen his personal sambar the species of deer you see floating here no one he killed it's been kidnapped pilfered plundered and that kinks the Tigers garden hose big time
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Tiger vs. Crocs PIPE...
have stolen stolen his personal sambar the species of deer you see floating him no one he killed it's been kidnapped pilfered plunder and that kinks the
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Safari Live - Day 15 PIPE...
groom and stretch and yawn before they're had well they're generally are yawning to get some oxygen into them the stretching is obviously to get all the kinks because obviously often they'll sleep for many hours without moving and the grooming is quite an important social aspect of line behavior
Video examples
How to have a healthier,...
and these women have taught us that despite the dark history that covers the body of women from our beautiful continent, these women are actively and beautifully constructing what sex and pleasure means to them. This is not to say that everyone now needs to rush out and engage in kink.
Video examples
Can you solve the death...
Fortunately, the Coil Runner comes equipped with emergency turbo thrusters. Unfortunately, your uncle was a notorious tinkerer, and the system still had some kinks to work out. Just minor things like the ignition exploding, the reactor leaking, or the oxygen levels depleting—
Video examples
How porn changes the way...
or people who have kinks or have fetishes. So I could see why, on the one hand, we might be very worried about the messages that pornography is sending, and on the other hand, why we might be really worried about going overboard indicting it. For the next two years,
Video examples
Could a DAO Build the...
To help solve some of these issues, states like Wyoming are putting laws on the books that recognize DAOs. And we actually used one of these laws to buy our first piece of land at CityDAO, that's why it's in Wyoming. Once we work out the kinks,
Video examples
What is the universe...
to speculate on what, if anything, exists beyond our spacetime. These aren't wild guesses, but hypotheses that tackle kinks in the scientific theory of the Big Bang. The Big Bang predicts matter to be distributed evenly across the universe,
Video examples
Launching a Food...
what I'm saying is this is the time this is working ted's thank you thank you I needed you and you came at the right time I got into this school I found a kink in the armor it's a school owned by the LAUSD that's managed by a partner's
Video examples
What causes dandruff,...
This is because sebum is composed of both saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. Saturated fats neatly pack together. Unsaturated fats, on the other hand, contain double bonds that create an irregular kink in their structure.
Video examples
JAWS vs. CLAWS PIPE...
have stolen stolen his personal sambar the species of deer you see floating here no one he killed it's been kidnapped pilfered plundered and that kinks the Tigers garden hose big time
Video examples
Tiger vs. Crocs PIPE...
have stolen stolen his personal sambar the species of deer you see floating him no one he killed it's been kidnapped pilfered plunder and that kinks the
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Natalie Goldberg
American Author
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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Jay DeMarcus
American Musician
When you put a new show out, you always have a few kinks that you need to iron out, and you need to dial your show in. You figure out over a couple of weeks what songs work well together and what songs may not have the impact you thought they would at that spot in the show.
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Amber Stevens
American Actress
In theater, you really work out the kinks and figure out exactly what you want to do and what we want to say, so by the time we have an audience, we're really prepared. With TV, you have a day... Sometimes, just a few hours.
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Bob Seger
American Musician
We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life.
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Lupita Nyong'o
Mexican Actress
Before the advent of the white man, black people were doing all kinds of things with their hair. The rejection of kinks and curls did come with the white man.
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McLean Stevenson
American Actor
I tell you, I'm really not what you'd call into your basic kink, even though we do live in Hollywood, which is a little bit like living in a box of granola.
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Sandra Oh
Canadian Actress
I love my hair. When I was young it had weird kinks and cowlicks in it, but I just grew into it. You grow into a lot of things.
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Clarissa Pinkola Estes
American Poet
Cynicism means the conduit to the soul has a great kink in it, like a garden hose in which nothing flows in either direction.
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Allan Guthrie
Scottish Author
I'm really quite normal. My imagination has some serious kinks in it, that's all.
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Wayne Huizenga
American Businessman
By the time I got involved, Blockbuster had already worked out some of the kinks.
Quote examples
Natalie Goldberg
American Author
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
Quote examples
Jay DeMarcus
American Musician
When you put a new show out, you always have a few kinks that you need to iron out, and you need to dial your show in. You figure out over a couple of weeks what songs work well together and what songs may not have the impact you thought they would at that spot in the show.
Quote examples
Amber Stevens
American Actress
In theater, you really work out the kinks and figure out exactly what you want to do and what we want to say, so by the time we have an audience, we're really prepared. With TV, you have a day... Sometimes, just a few hours.
Quote examples
Bob Seger
American Musician
We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life.
Quote examples
Lupita Nyong'o
Mexican Actress
Before the advent of the white man, black people were doing all kinds of things with their hair. The rejection of kinks and curls did come with the white man.
Quote examples
McLean Stevenson
American Actor
I tell you, I'm really not what you'd call into your basic kink, even though we do live in Hollywood, which is a little bit like living in a box of granola.
Quote examples
Sandra Oh
Canadian Actress
I love my hair. When I was young it had weird kinks and cowlicks in it, but I just grew into it. You grow into a lot of things.
Quote examples
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
American Poet
Cynicism means the conduit to the soul has a great kink in it, like a garden hose in which nothing flows in either direction.
Quote examples
Allan Guthrie
Scottish Author
I'm really quite normal. My imagination has some serious kinks in it, that's all.
Quote examples
Wayne Huizenga
American Businessman
By the time I got involved, Blockbuster had already worked out some of the kinks.
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