Synonyms for kink
kɪŋkkink

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1. crick, kink, rick, wricknoun

   a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

   Synonyms:
   twist, rick, haystack, hayrick, wrick, twirl, crick

2. kink, twist, twirlnoun

   a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

   Synonyms:
   turn, turn of events, tress, construction, device, gimmick, spin, twist, bend, wrick, twisting, winding, wrench, wind, eddy, whirl, rick, twirl, pull, braid, crick, crook, plait

3. kinknoun

   a person with unusual sexual tastes

   Synonyms:
   wrick, twist, rick, crick, twirl

4. kinknoun

   an eccentric idea

   Synonyms:
   wrick, twist, rick, crick, twirl

5. kinkverb

   a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation

   "there are still a few kinks to iron out"

   Synonyms:
   wrick, twist, rick, crick, twirl

6. crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kinkverb

   curl tightly

   "crimp hair"

   Synonyms:
   curve, crimp, curl, pinch, kink up, frizz, crepe, frizzle, crape

7. curl, curve, kinkverb

   form a curl, curve, or kink

   "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

   Synonyms:
   wave, arc, curl up, sheer, slew, loop, twist, slue, curl, frizz, arch, crimp, cut, swerve, wind, crape, trend, kink up, coil, curve, crook, frizzle, veer, draw in

Matched Categories

1. • Change Surface
   • Idea
   • Person
   • Spasm

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1. kinknoun

   Synonyms:
   twist, knot, entanglement

2. kinknoun

   Synonyms:
   whim, crotchet

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1. kinknoun

   Synonyms:
   snarl, knot, entanglement, twist, crotchet, whim, caprice, eccentricity

2. kinkverb

   Synonyms:
   snarl, become entangled

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "kink":

   elbow, horizontal, fold, bend

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1. Nicole Antonopoulos:

   Los Angeles was Los Angeles, in a nutshell, the state preemption threw a huge kink in our efforts towards carbon neutrality. This isn't the first time the state has preempted things that have made us go back to the proverbial drawing table and figure out how we get creative and innovative in a space where we don't have funding.

2. Hammurabi:

   my kink is tiny penises being pulled off of full grown men with pliers

3. Stephanie Brinley:

   Our supply chain is pretty fragile right now, we don't need another kink in the works.