Kink \Kink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kinked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kinking}.] To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.
Kink \Kink\, n. [Cf. {Chincough}, {Kink-haust}.] A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter. [Scot.]
Kink \Kink\, n. [D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw. kink.] 1. A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.
2. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. [Colloq.] --Cozzens.
The stock market's slump has put a kink in the lending plans of the nation's powerful city banks, whose assets are largely tied up in Japan's equity market.
But Ethicon, acknowledging the kink problem, countered by rolling out its own kink-free sutures at the nurses' meeting.
Fat molecules occurring naturally in vegetable oils are in the "cis-" configuration that has a kink or bend in the molecule.