kink

IPA(Pronunciation)

/kɪŋk/

Noun

countable uncountable informal

A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc. / A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.

Japanese Meaning

細い素材や髪などに現れる急激なカール、ねじれ、曲がり。 / 計画やシステムの運用を妨げる可能性がある問題点や欠陥。

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I had to straighten the kink in the garden hose before the water would flow.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

水が流れるようにするには、庭のホースのきついねじれを直さなければなりませんでした。

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Sense（1）

A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.

We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.

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Sense（2）

A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.

They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks.

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Sense（3）

An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.

Never a Yankee was born or bred / Without that peculiar kink in his head / By which he could turn the smallest amount / Of whatever he had to the best account.

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Sense（4）

(informal, countable or uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.

To top it all off, Lynn is into kink. Last night she was really into kink. It's a good thing that today is my day off because I need the time to recuperate and think things over.

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Sense（5）

(mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation.

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