Crinkleverb
(ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
‘He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.’; ‘The old man's lined face crinkled into a smile.’;
Kinkverb
To laugh loudly.
Crinkleverb
(intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
Kinkverb
To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
Crinklenoun
A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
‘He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.’;
Kinkverb
(transitive) To form a kink or twist.
Crinklenoun
The act of crinkling
Kinkverb
(intransitive) To be formed into a kink or twist.
Crinkleverb
To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.
‘The house s crinkled to and fro.’; ‘Her face all bowsy,Comely crinkled,Wondrously wrinkled.’; ‘The flames through all the casements pushing forth,Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes.’;
Kinknoun
A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
Crinkleverb
To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
‘The green wheat crinkles like a lake.’; ‘And all the roomsWere full of crinkling silks.’;
Kinknoun
A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
‘We couldn't get enough water to put out the fire because of a kink in the hose.’;
Crinklenoun
A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
‘The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double.’;
Kinknoun
A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
‘They had planned to open another shop downtown, but their plan had a few kinks.’;
Crinklenoun
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;
‘his face has many lines’; ‘ironing gets rid of most wrinkles’;
Kinknoun
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
Crinkleverb
make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface;
‘The dress got wrinkled’;
Kinknoun
Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
Crinkleverb
become wrinkled or crumpled or creased;
‘This fabric won't wrinkle’;
Kinknoun
(mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon equation
Kinknoun
A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.
Kinknoun
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
Kinknoun
A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.
Kinkverb
To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.
Kinknoun
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
Kinkverb
curl tightly;
‘crimp hair’;
Kinkverb
form a curl, curve, or kink;
‘the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling’;
Kinknoun
a sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight
‘a kink in the road’;
Kinknoun
a flaw or obstacle in a plan, operation, etc.
‘though the system is making some headway, there are still some kinks to iron out’;
Kinknoun
a quirk of character or behaviour.
Kinknoun
a person's unusual sexual preference.
Kinknoun
a crick in the neck.
Kinkverb
form or cause to form a sharp twist or curve
‘the river kinks violently in a right angle’; ‘take care to avoid kinking the wire’;
