Noun

• S: (n) crick, kink, rick, wrick (a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British))
• S: (n) kink, twist, twirl (a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight)
• S: (n) kink (a person with unusual sexual tastes)
• S: (n) kink (an eccentric idea)
• S: (n) kink (a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation) "there are still a few kinks to iron out"

Verb

• S: (v) crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink (curl tightly) "crimp hair"
• S: (v) curl, curve, kink (form a curl, curve, or kink) "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"