To kink something is to make it twisted or crooked. Sometimes when something is kinked, it can't be straightened out.
The rope was twisted around the tree so tightly that it kinked the tree trunk.
The rug was kinked when it was pulled out of the box.
verb
To laugh loudly.
verb
To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
verb
To form a kink or twist.
verb
To be formed into a kink or twist.
adjective
Bent or twisted into a tight curl.
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The new curve has thus a horizontal first branch and a kink at the point.
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Don't be shy in hammering out the kinks
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The channel is formed to preclude kinking of the tube.
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I'll be working out the kinks over the weeks.
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Sunspots are kinks or knots in the sun's magnetic field.
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Why the large dog's leg kink in the fence
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At the moment there are lots of pretty pictures that don't kink to the text.
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Of course, such kinks are not unusual for a huge municipal construction project.
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If they get the kinks worked out, will the make the site vanish
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The bill is too long for intermediate, and the neck kink is distinctive.