kinky
Americanadjective
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full of kinks; closely twisted.
a kinky wire.
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(of hair) closely or tightly curled.
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Slang. marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, or the like.
adjective
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slang given to unusual, abnormal, or deviant sexual practices
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informal exhibiting unusual idiosyncrasies of personality; quirky; eccentric
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informal attractive or provocative in a bizarre way
kinky clothes
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tangled or tightly looped, as a wire or rope
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tightly curled, as hair
Other Word Forms
- kinkily adverb
- kinkiness noun
Etymology
Origin of kinky
Example Sentences
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Bailey lets her displeasure be known by having a friend shave off her beautiful spray of kinky hair.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024
The word kinks has many connotations, everything from a kink in a rope, or kinky being quirky, which was really the main thing behind it.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2023
“Portland, which used to be kinky and weird and a very liberal community, became a very dangerous community where people are no longer enjoying it,” he said.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2022
But he also sought to give Black people choices in hairstyles, and as early as 1966 began experimenting with what the authors of “Hair Story” described as “a chemical process to turn kinky hair curly.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022
Her eyes are still heavy, her hair a kinky mess.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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