KINK

n. 1 twist, crimp, tangle, knot, wrinkle, curl, coil, curlicue, crinkle Those kinks wouldn't occur if you had coiled the rope properly 2 pang, twinge, stab, spasm, cramp, stitch, tweak, crick I have a kink in my neck from constantly looking down 3 difficulty, complication, flaw, hitch, snag, defect, imperfection, distortion, deformity There were several kinks that had to be ironed out before the plan was presented to the board 4 crotchet, quirk, whim, caprice, fancy, vagary, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy He would win more support if he rid himself of certain kinks in his thinking