kink
意味
- (糸・綱などの)もつれ,ねじれ
- (首や背の筋肉の)痛み,こり
- 《話》(機械・計画などの)欠陥,不備(flaw)
- 《話》つむじ曲がり;むら気,気まぐれ
- …をよじる,もつれさす
- よじれる,もつれる
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
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”).