I. noun
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If there's a kink in the hose, you won't get any water.
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There's only one minor kink remaining to be discussed in the contract.
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There was a kink in the path just before the bridge.
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But Internet sales are being delayed until kinks can be smoothed out, as well as security issues.
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But not killed: instead it put a uniform kink in their spins.
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I cheer as Reeves insists on voting for himself, stubbornly and gleefully throwing a kink into already gummy works.
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In most instances, a kink will produce a slight burr on the surface which can be smoothed out.
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It took nine years of cutting to work out all the kinks in his technique.
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Something to do with the kinks and chemicals in our brains that give us the Talent.
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There was a very obvious kink where the avenue made a bend to avoid some particularly valuable eighteenth-century houses.
II. verb
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Multi-strand, flexible, steel cable is particularly suited to winching because it does not kink so easily.
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Was her own brain kinking her around, or was Daine trying to tie her mental patterns in knots?