Kink

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter.

II. Kink ·noun An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.

III. Kink ·vi To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread.

IV. Kink ·noun 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.

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