KINK

I. noun Etymology: Dutch; akin to Middle Low German ~e ~ Date: 1678 a short tight twist or curl caused by a doubling or winding of something upon itself, 2. a mental or physical peculiarity ; eccentricity , quirk , whim , a clever unusual way of doing something, a cramp in some part of the body, an imperfection likely to cause difficulties in the operation of something, unconventional sexual taste or behavior, II. verb Date: 1697 intransitive verb to form a ~, transitive verb to make a ~ in