kink

  1. Noun.  A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
  2. Noun.  A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
  3. Noun.  (slang) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
  4. Noun.  (Scotland, dialect) A fit of coughing or laughter..
  5. Noun.  (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To form a kink.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To be formed into a kink.

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