kink
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4.9
- noun
- /kɪŋk/
- Informal
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problema
- The Carmical Bible College is an experimental facility and we're still trying to work out the kinks, so to speak.
- work out the kinks
Wow, That could put a real kink in their Muslim ban.
- Wow, That could put a real kink in their Muslim ban.
- How on earth were the kinks not worked out beforehand?
- We're going to try and work out the the kinks here.
- And on the other side, you have persisting supply chain kinks that kind of kicked off the inflation and are still kind of lingering in the background.
Examples
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At this present moment, managing my time seems to be the kink in my organizational skills.
Blog text (22) -
Your last brilliant plan had some kinks in it.
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I face a very serious kink in my negotiations, man.
Fiction book (1996) -
- Have you worked all the kinks out of it?
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So the ship's got a few kinks in it.
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Still trying to iron out some of the kinks.
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Both sides have submitted proposed pretrial orders, and we'll work out the kinks today.
Fiction book (1995) -
That's not to say there aren't still a few kinks to be worked out.
Fiction book (1994) -
Audrey and I have been seeing Katherine for five years at this point, sometimes alone, sometimes together, to work out the kinks.
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We need to resolve a few kinks in our project plan before the deadline.
Synonyms
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4.6
An unexpected problem that delays a plan
Antonyms
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kink meaning a small problem comes from the picture of a twist that causes trouble, so a 'kink' in a plan or system is a little fault that must be smoothed out.