[kink] n [D; akin to MLG kinke kink] (1678) 1: a short tight twist or curl caused by a doubling or winding of something upon itself
2. a: a mental or physical peculiarity: eccentricity, quirk b: whim
3: a clever unusual way of doing something
4: a cramp in some part of the body
5: an imperfection likely to cause difficulties in the operation of something
[2]kink vi (1697): to form a kink ~ vt: to make a kink in