n. 25B6; noun
your fishing line should have no kinks in it : CURL, twist, twirl, loop, crinkle; knot, tangle, entanglement.
a kink in the road : BEND, corner, dog-leg, twist, turn, curve; Brit. hairpin bend.
there are still some kinks to iron out : FLAW, defect, imperfection, problem, complication, hitch, snag, shortcoming, weakness; informal hiccup, glitch.
their sartorial kinks : PECULIARITY, quirk, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, oddity, foible, whim, caprice.