kink

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. To laugh loudly.
2. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.

Noun

A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
2. (countable, uncountable) A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
3. (countable, uncountable) An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
4. (countable, uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
5. (countable, uncountable) A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
6. (countable, uncountable) Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
7. (countable, uncountable) A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.

Conceptes

cargolar-se

arrissar-se

cargolar

arrissar

quid

torticoli

anella

💍

entrellat

crespar

ondular

enroscar

Oposat a

normophilia

Sinònims

twist

knot

🪢

crick

curl

curve

coil

hitch

twirl

cramp

eccentricity

crape

rick

frizzle

frizz

crimp

tangle

spasm

wrick

loop

➿

kink up

kinky

quirk

get twisted

enshroud

enfold

convulsion

catch

enmesh

disorder

envelop

convolute

defect

interweave

conundrum

caprice

bend

impairment

crotchetiness

confuse

hiccup

glitch

crotchet

confound

hobby

bowline

imperfection

friction

issue

jumble

freak

Traduccions

ιδιοτροπία

nodo

🪢

λόξα

Knick

βίδα

anilla

💍

Schleife

🙇

entortiller

hic

Macke

δένομαι

knoten

κόμπος

Knoten

🪢

μανία

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kɪŋk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: kinken

Heretat de anglès antic: *cincian

Cognat amb anglès antic: canc

Cognat amb neerlandès: kinken

Cognat amb Middle Low German: kinke

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: kikna

Cognat amb islandès: kengur

In summary

From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”).