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How to pronounce kink in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crape, crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink up
Type of wave, curl
Type Words
Synonyms crick, rick, wrick
Type of spasm, cramp, muscle spasm
Type Words
Synonyms curl, curve
Type of change surface
Type Words
Synonyms twirl, twist
Type of bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication
Type Words
Type of difficulty


there are still a few kinks to iron out.
Type Words
Type of thought, idea
Derivation kinky
Type Words
Type of soul, person, individual, somebody, someone, mortal
Derivation kinky

Examples of kink

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The first cut, in a kink of the riser pipe near the BOP, was completed overnight.
From the chron.com
A dogtooth is a small, sharp zig-zag double kink in the leading edge of a wing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I do not think that there will be a noticeable kink in the trend line around 2014.
From the theatlantic.com
This is a tough little kink to get through because there's not much room for error.
From the nzherald.co.nz
An argon plasma jet forms a rapidly growing corkscrew, known as a kink instability.
From the sciencedaily.com
One of the clusters has eight tomatoes, and the weight has caused the stem to kink.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The strait of Hormuz is the kink in the hose of the Gulf's oil supply to the world.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Strait of Hormuz is the kink in the hose of the Gulf's oil supply to the world.
From the smh.com.au
For looser suits, there should be one kink where the suit folds at your shoe.
From the smh.com.au
More examples
  • Crick: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
  • Crimp: curl tightly; "crimp hair"
  • A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
  • Curl: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
  • A person with unusual sexual tastes
  • An eccentric idea
  • KinK is a Canadian documentary television series, which first aired in 2001 on Showcase. The series profiles some of the more unusual edges of human sexuality, primarily the kink and fetish scenes. ...
  • Trigger points or trigger sites are described as hyperirritable spots in skeletal muscle that are associated with palpable nodules in bands of muscle fibers.
  • In human sexuality, kinkiness or kinky (adjective), is a term used to refer to a playful usage of sexual concepts in an accentuated, and unambiguously expressive form.