kink
A convulsive fit of coughing or laughterA convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
» Have you worked out the kinks?
Значення
значень: 8(Шотландія, діалектне)A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
(злічуване, незлічуване)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.
Knick, Kurve
переги́бperegíb, заги́бzagíb, изги́бizgíb
(злічуване, незлічуване)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.
Macke
пробле́маprobléma, препя́тствиеprepjátstvije
a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
(злічуване, незлічуване)An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
(злічуване, незлічуване)Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
Perversion
заско́кzaskók, ненорма́льностьnenormálʹnostʹ, стра́нностьstránnostʹ
(злічуване, незлічуване)A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
a person with unusual sexual tastes
(злічуване, незлічуване)Any sexual preference outside normal or expected norms.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
Приклади
речень: 19Have you worked out the kinks?
Let's iron out the kinks together.
Henrietta's main kink is bondage.
Основний кінк Генрієтти - бондаж.
The important thing is that kinks are consensual and explored with open communication and respect.
Важливо те, що кінки добровільні та досліджуються з відкритим спілкуванням і повагою.
We're still working the kinks out.
Переклади
мов: 6За значеннями 3
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Походження
From Middle English kinken, kynken, from Old English *cincian (attested in cincung), fromFrom 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”).
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 Saterland Frisian Kink (“twist or entanglement in a rope or cord”), 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.
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