kink
/kɪŋk/
verb
- To form or cause a twist or bend in something.
- Be careful not to kink the cable when you coil it up.
- The chain kinked as it was pulled around the corner.
- She kinked the ribbon to make a decorative bow.
noun
- A twist or bend in something that is normally straight, such as a wire, rope, or hair.
- She used a brush to smooth out the kinks in her hair after sleeping on it.
- There was a kink in the garden hose that stopped the water from flowing.
- The rope had a sharp kink that made it difficult to pull tight.
- A minor problem or flaw in a plan, system, or process.
- The new software still has a few kinks that need to be worked out.
- We hit a kink in the schedule when the delivery was delayed.
- The team is meeting to iron out the kinks in the project plan.
- A clever or unusual idea or approach.
- The inventor added a small kink to the mechanism to make it more efficient.
- She came up with a kink in the design that saved both time and money.
- His plan had a clever kink that surprised everyone.
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