kink
Curl stopping flow
A kink is a tight curl or twist in something normally straight—a kink in a hose, a kink in your neck.
Figuratively, a kink is a flaw or difficulty: We need to work out the kinks in the plan.
The word also refers to unconventional sexual practices or preferences, often involving bondage, role-play, or power dynamics: Everyone has their kinks.
Someone's kink is whatever arouses them outside the mainstream.
As a verb, to kink is to form a twist: The cable kinked when I coiled it too tight.
Wound circular arrangement
- twistRotating motion or surprise
- loopCurve closing on itself
- spiralCurve winding around center
- crimpPinch into folds
bend · knot · tangle · wave · crinkle · snarl · hitch · buckle
Unforeseen complication
- glitchMinor system fault
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- hiccupSpasmodic breath intake
- wrinkleSurface fold or crease
hitch · complication · problem · defect · imperfection · difficulty · catch · issue
Irrational devotion to something
- BDSMErotic power dynamics
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- submissionYielding to another's will
leather · roleplay · dungeon · safeword · consent · play · scene · lifestyle
Unusual distinguishing characteristic
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- foibleMinor personal flaw
whim · caprice · hang-up · fixation · obsession · fancy · fetish · predilection
coil
Wound circular arrangement
crimp · bend · knot · tangle · wave · crinkle · snarl · hitch · buckle · crook
snag
Unforeseen complication
wrinkle · hitch · complication · problem · defect · imperfection · difficulty · catch · issue · setback
fetish
Irrational devotion to something
- BDSMErotic power dynamics
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
submission · leather · roleplay · dungeon · safeword · consent · play · scene · lifestyle · community
peculiarity
Unusual distinguishing characteristic
- idiosyncrasyDistinctive personal peculiarity
- eccentricityUnconventional behavior or nature
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
foible · whim · caprice · hang-up · fixation · obsession · fancy · fetish · predilection · penchant
- damagebreakage, break, crack, fracture, dent
- distortionsdistort, distorts, deform, warp, twist
- faultsfault, flaw, defect, imperfection, shortcoming
- Protein MotifsGreek key, sheet, helix, turn, coil
- RNA/DNA Structuredouble helix, hairpin, base pair, stem, bulge
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
kinkstraight line
Undeviated continuous path
straightness · line · smoothness · unkink · unbend
kinkvanilla
Orchid pod extract
normalcy · conventionality · conformity · traditionalism · orthodoxy
kinksmoothness
Freedom from irregularity
easiness · simplicity · flow · fluidity · straightforwardness
- work out the kinks
- kinky hairTightly coiled hair texture
- The Kinks1960s British rock band
- kinky twistsCoiled protective hairstyle
- kink shameCriticize unconventional desires
- Kinky BootsSexually suggestive footwear
kinky, kinks, kinked, kinking, kinkiness, unkink, unkinks, kinkier, unkinking