kink
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5.9
- noun
- /kɪŋk/
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- The peaks for the presidency appear to lead those for the other two branches, and the long-term trend for Congress has a kink.
It would pull like it does give those like kinks because it wouldn't smoothly glide over my hair.
- It would pull like it does give those like kinks because it wouldn't smoothly glide over my hair.
- You think it works that way, but it doesn't because you just there's two, there's too many kinks in the hose.
- And so the the purpose of a swivel is just to sort of take those kinks out of the line.
- Seems to me that those kinks would give the membrane more structural options than something that was just a straight line.
Examples
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"Frankel untwisted a few more kinks in a cable."
Fiction book (2002) -
The cars, one coupled to the next, floated above the tracks and then fell, like someone shaking a kink out of a lawn hose.
Fiction book (2002) -
Well, you just keep the kinks out of the fire hose.
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The cross-section of the folded pipe at the kink above the BOP may be quite large.
Blog text (17) -
And then they'll draw the two lipid tails, often with a kink in one of the lipid tails.
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Wider—Mr. Beaumont moves the hose over a bush and gets a kink in it.
Fiction book (1997) -
He noticed a kink in the garden hose that made it difficult to water the plants.
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The technician fixed the kink in the wire, ensuring that the connection was smooth and reliable.
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Before using the rope, check for any kinks that might weaken its strength under load.
Synonyms
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2.4
A curved shape made by turning or winding something
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Kink probably comes from an old Scottish word meaning 'bend' or 'hook', so imagine a sudden sharp twist that stops a rope from lying flat, like a small 'knot'. That's why a kink is a sharp twist or bend in a rope.