"kink" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɪŋk/ Audio: en-us-kink.ogg , en-au-kink.ogg Forms: kinks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋk Etymology: From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kinken}} Middle English kinken, {{inh|en|ang|*cincian}} Old English *cincian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kinkōn}} Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kinkōną||to laugh}} Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gang-||to mock, jeer, deride}} Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), {{cog|ang|canc||jeering, scorn, derision}} Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”), {{cog|nl|kinken||to kink, cough}} Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kink (plural kinks)
  1. (Scotland, dialect) A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying. Tags: Scotland, dialectal Categories (topical): Laughter
    Sense id: en-kink-en-noun-MwJEO4xB Disambiguation of Laughter: 43 0 1 1 14 19 13 4 1 0 3 Categories (other): Scottish English, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 2 3 2 5 35 32 1 2 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 1 2 1 8 31 28 1 2 1 9 1 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chink
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kɪŋk/ Audio: en-us-kink.ogg , en-au-kink.ogg Forms: kinks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋk Etymology: From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|kink||a twist or curl in a rope}} Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kenk-}} Proto-Germanic *kenk-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gengʰ-||to turn, wind, braid, weave}} Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), {{cog|gml|kinke||spiral screw, coil}} Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), {{cog|non|kikna||to bend backwards, sink at the knee}} Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), {{cog|is|kengur||a bend or bight; a metal crook}} Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kink (countable and uncountable, plural kinks)
  1. A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (tight curl, twist, or bend): извивка (izvivka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), чупка (čupka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), distorsió [feminine] (Catalan), remolí [masculine] (Catalan), arruga [feminine] (Catalan), kink (Dutch), sykkyrä (Finnish), coude [masculine] (French), მარყუჟი (marq̇uži) (Georgian), ყულფი (q̇ulpi) (Georgian), ნაკვთი (naḳvti) (Georgian), Knick [masculine] (German), Kurve [feminine] (German), קשר (kesher) [masculine] (Hebrew), dobra [feminine] (Portuguese), prega [feminine] (Portuguese), răsucitură [feminine] (Romanian), zuluf [masculine] (Romanian), переги́б (peregíb) [masculine] (Russian), заги́б (zagíb) [masculine] (Russian), изги́б (izgíb) [masculine] (Russian), arruga [feminine] (Spanish), pliegue [masculine] (Spanish), doblez (Spanish), dobladura [feminine] (Spanish), doblegadura [feminine] (Spanish), knut [common-gender] (Swedish), veck [neuter] (Swedish), fnurra [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-kink-en-noun-YKKt4jGW Disambiguation of 'tight curl, twist, or bend': 100 0 0 0 0 0
  2. A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sex Translations (difficulty or flaw that impedes operation): zádrhel [masculine] (Czech), puute (Finnish), vika (Finnish), hic [masculine] (French), imprévu [masculine] (French), პრობლემა (ṗroblema) (Georgian), დაბრკოლება (dabrḳoleba) (Georgian), Macke [feminine] (German), пробле́ма (probléma) [feminine] (Russian), препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) [neuter] (Russian), problema [masculine] (Spanish), impedimento [masculine] (Spanish), pero [masculine] (Spanish), inconveniente [masculine] (Spanish), brist [common-gender] (Swedish), problem [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-kink-en-noun-Ua9PRY~o Disambiguation of Sex: 6 0 22 5 22 12 19 3 11 0 0 Disambiguation of 'difficulty or flaw that impedes operation': 0 75 4 5 7 10
  3. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kink-en-noun-9a27PSeo
  4. (informal, countable or uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: paraphilia Translations (peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste): desviació [feminine] (Catalan), perversió [feminine] (Catalan), kierouma (Finnish), bizarrerie [feminine] (French), excentricité [feminine] (French), perversion [feminine] (French), Perversion [feminine] (German), διαστροφή (diastrofí) [feminine] (Greek), εκκεντρικότητα (ekkentrikótita) [feminine] (Greek), perverzió (Hungarian), beteges hajlam (Hungarian), ferde hajlam (Hungarian), perversione [feminine] (Italian), tara [feminine] (Portuguese), perversidade [feminine] (Portuguese), fetiș [neuter] (Romanian), perversiune sexuală [feminine] (Romanian), заско́к (zaskók) [masculine] (Russian), ненорма́льность (nenormálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), стра́нность (stránnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), отклонение (otklonenije) [formal, neuter] (Russian), извращение (izvraščenije) [neuter] (Russian), desviación [feminine] (Spanish), rareza [feminine] (Spanish), desvarío [masculine] (Spanish), excentricidad [feminine] (Spanish), avvikelse [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-kink-en-noun-HkZ9TYD0 Disambiguation of Sex: 6 0 22 5 22 12 19 3 11 0 0 Disambiguation of 'peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste': 2 4 2 68 16 9
  5. (informal, countable) A person with peculiar sexual tastes. Tags: countable, informal Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: kinkster
    Sense id: en-kink-en-noun-Oow8AWo5 Disambiguation of Sex: 6 0 22 5 22 12 19 3 11 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 5 2 9 28 30 0 4 1 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 2 3 2 5 35 32 1 2 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 10 2 3 2 7 30 24 1 3 2 9 1 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 1 2 1 8 31 28 1 2 1 9 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 2 7 3 7 32 21 1 7 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 2 7 3 6 31 22 1 7 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 1 9 3 5 34 18 1 11 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 4 4 3 6 34 21 1 4 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 2 7 3 7 32 21 1 7 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 4 4 4 6 34 20 1 3 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 14 2 6 3 6 37 18 1 7 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 2 4 3 6 36 23 1 4 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 11 3 8 3 9 30 21 1 4 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 12 2 8 5 8 29 19 1 9 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 1 9 3 8 35 19 1 7 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 2 3 2 6 38 23 1 3 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 1 5 2 6 38 23 1 6 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 2 7 3 7 32 21 1 7 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 2 3 2 6 38 23 1 3 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 3 3 4 6 36 22 1 3 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 2 7 2 6 32 22 1 7 2 6
  6. (mathematics) A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Sex
    Sense id: en-kink-en-noun-hY5vjH0w Disambiguation of Sex: 6 0 22 5 22 12 19 3 11 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 1 5 2 9 28 30 0 4 1 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 2 3 2 5 35 32 1 2 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 10 2 3 2 7 30 24 1 3 2 9 1 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 1 2 1 8 31 28 1 2 1 9 1 2 2 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: k1nk, k!nk, k/nk, k*nk (alt: bowdlerizations) Derived forms: kink meme, kinkshame, sun kink, YKINMK, kinky Related terms: BDSM, fetish
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kɪŋk/ Audio: en-us-kink.ogg , en-au-kink.ogg Forms: kinks [present, singular, third-person], kinking [participle, present], kinked [participle, past], kinked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋk Etymology: From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), from Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), from Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), related to Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”). Cognate with Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kinken}} Middle English kinken, {{inh|en|ang|*cincian}} Old English *cincian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kinkōn}} Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*kinkōną||to laugh}} Proto-Germanic *kinkōną (“to laugh”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gang-||to mock, jeer, deride}} Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock, jeer, deride”), {{cog|ang|canc||jeering, scorn, derision}} Old English canc (“jeering, scorn, derision”), {{cog|nl|kinken||to kink, cough}} Dutch kinken (“to kink, cough”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} kink (third-person singular simple present kinks, present participle kinking, simple past and past participle kinked)
  1. To laugh loudly.
    Sense id: en-kink-en-verb-KB0oUhIC
  2. To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing. Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-kink-en-verb-fKzlPcWB Disambiguation of Sex: 6 0 22 5 22 12 19 3 11 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chink
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kɪŋk/ Audio: en-us-kink.ogg , en-au-kink.ogg Forms: kinks [present, singular, third-person], kinking [participle, present], kinked [participle, past], kinked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋk Etymology: From Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), from Proto-Germanic *kenk-, *keng- (“to bend, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”). Compare Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”). Probably related to kick. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|kink||a twist or curl in a rope}} Dutch kink (“a twist or curl in a rope”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kenk-}} Proto-Germanic *kenk-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gengʰ-||to turn, wind, braid, weave}} Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), {{cog|gml|kinke||spiral screw, coil}} Middle Low German kinke (“spiral screw, coil”), {{cog|non|kikna||to bend backwards, sink at the knee}} Old Norse kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knee”), {{cog|is|kengur||a bend or bight; a metal crook}} Icelandic kengur (“a bend or bight; a metal crook”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} kink (third-person singular simple present kinks, present participle kinking, simple past and past participle kinked)
  1. (transitive) To form a kink or twist. Tags: transitive Translations (to form a kink or twist): правя чупка (pravja čupka) (Bulgarian), răsuci (Romanian), перегну́ться (peregnútʹsja) (note: form a kink) [perfective] (Russian), перекрути́ться (perekrutítʹsja) (note: form a twist) [perfective] (Russian), arrugar (Spanish), doblar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-kink-en-verb-y0o2BlmE Disambiguation of 'to form a kink or twist': 86 14
  2. (intransitive) To be formed into a kink or twist. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-kink-en-verb-x86rYHRZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: k1nk, k!nk, k/nk, k*nk (alt: bowdlerizations) Derived forms: kinky, kinked, kinkle, kinkless, kink on, kink out, kinkster
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
          "word": "ნაკვთი"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
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          ],
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "קשר"
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          "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0",
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        {
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "изги́б"
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          "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
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          ],
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        {
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        {
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          "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
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            "Reproduction",
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            "Life",
            "Nature"
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          "_dis1": "0 75 4 5 7 10",
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          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "word": "puute"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "word": "vika"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hic"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "roman": "ṗroblema",
          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "word": "პრობლემა"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dabrḳoleba",
          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "word": "დაბრკოლება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 4 5 7 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Macke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 75 4 5 7 10",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "probléma",
          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пробле́ма"
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        {
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          "roman": "prepjátstvije",
          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
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          ],
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        {
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          "ref": "1856, Frederick Swartwout Cozzens, The Sparrowgrass Papers:",
          "text": "Never a Yankee was born or bred / Without that peculiar kink in his head / By which he could turn the smallest amount / Of whatever he had to the best account.",
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        ],
        [
          "whim",
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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          "name": "Sex",
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            "Life",
            "Nature"
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        {
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          "text": "To top it all off, Lynn is into kink. Last night she was really into kink. It's a good thing that today is my day off because I need the time to recuperate and think things over.",
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        }
      ],
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        ],
        [
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        [
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          "behaviour"
        ],
        [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, countable or uncountable) Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste."
      ],
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          "word": "paraphilia"
        }
      ],
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        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "desviació"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "perversió"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "word": "kierouma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "excentricité"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "perversion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Perversion"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diastrofí",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "διαστροφή"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ekkentrikótita",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εκκεντρικότητα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "word": "perverzió"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "word": "beteges hajlam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "word": "ferde hajlam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "perversione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 4 2 68 16 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "perversidade"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fetiș"
        },
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      "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
      "word": "doblez"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dobladura"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "doblegadura"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "knut"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "veck"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tight curl, twist, or bend",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fnurra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zádrhel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "word": "puute"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "word": "vika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hic"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imprévu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗroblema",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "word": "პრობლემა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dabrḳoleba",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "word": "დაბრკოლება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Macke"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "probléma",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пробле́ма"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "prepjátstvije",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pero"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inconveniente"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "brist"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "difficulty or flaw that impedes operation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "problem"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "desviació"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "perversió"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "word": "kierouma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bizarrerie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "excentricité"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perversion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Perversion"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diastrofí",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαστροφή"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekkentrikótita",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εκκεντρικότητα"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "word": "perverzió"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "word": "beteges hajlam"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "word": "ferde hajlam"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perversione"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perversidade"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "fetiș"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perversiune sexuală"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaskók",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "nenormálʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ненорма́льность"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "stránnostʹ",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "стра́нность"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "otklonenije",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "izvraščenije",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "извращение"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desviación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rareza"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desvarío"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "excentricidad"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "peculiarity in sexual behaviour or taste",
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      "word": "avvikelse"
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}

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      "roman": "pravja čupka",
      "sense": "to form a kink or twist",
      "word": "правя чупка"
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      "sense": "to form a kink or twist",
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      "word": "перекрути́ться"
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      "sense": "to form a kink or twist",
      "word": "arrugar"
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