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kink·y

(kĭng′kē)

adj. kink·i·er, kink·i·est

1. Tightly twisted or curled: kinky hair.

2. Slang Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes, especially of a sexual or erotic nature: "his appetite for kinky filmmaking, unmitigated by any artistry" (John Simon).

kink′i·ly adv.

kink′i·ness n.

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kinky

(ˈkɪŋkɪ)

adj, kinkier or kinkiest

1. slang given to unusual, abnormal, or deviant sexual practices

2. informal exhibiting unusual idiosyncrasies of personality; quirky; eccentric

3. informal attractive or provocative in a bizarre way: kinky clothes.

4. tangled or tightly looped, as a wire or rope

5. tightly curled, as hair

ˈkinkily adv

ˈkinkiness n

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kink•y

(ˈkɪŋ ki)

adj. kink•i•er, kink•i•est.

1. full of kinks.

2. marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism.

kink′i•ly, adv.

kink′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	kinky - (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices" perverted abnormal, unnatural - not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm; "abnormal powers of concentration"; "abnormal amounts of rain"; "abnormal circumstances"; "an abnormal interest in food"
	2.	kinky - (of hair) in small tight curls frizzly, frizzy, nappy, crisp curly - (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair"
	3.	kinky - informal terms; strikingly unconventional far-out, offbeat, quirky, way-out unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"

kinky

adjective

1. (Slang) perverted, warped, deviant, unnatural, degenerated, unsavoury, unhealthy, depraved, licentious, pervy (slang) engaging in some kind of kinky sexual activity

2. (Slang) weird, odd, strange, bizarre, peculiar, eccentric, queer, quirky, unconventional, off-the-wall (slang), outlandish, oddball (informal), wacko (slang), out there (slang), outré kinky behaviour

3. twisted, curled, curly, frizzy, tangled, coiled, crimped, frizzled He had red kinky hair.

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Translations

مُلْتَوٍ، مُنْحَني، مُتَجَعِّد

krøllet

kraus

λοξός

göndör

stravagante

kinkysmåkruset

kučeravý

kıvırcık

卷曲的

kinky

[ˈkɪŋkɪ] ADJ (kinkier (compar) (kinkiest (superl)))

1. (sexually) → pervertido

2. (= eccentric) [dress etc] → estrafalario (pej) [person] → raro, estrafalario

3. (= curly) [hair] → ondulado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kinky

[ˈkɪŋki] adj [sex] → olé olé inv
kinky rubber underwear → des dessous olé olé en latex
to be kinky [person]
I've heard he's a bit kinky → J'ai entendu dire qu'il avait des goûts spéciaux.

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kinky

adj (+er)

hair → wellig

(inf) person, ideas, mind → verdreht (inf), → schrullig, spleenig (inf); boots, fashion → verrückt (inf); (sexually) → abartig; underwear, leather gear → sexy inv; kinky! → nein, so was! (inf), → lustig, lustig! (inf)

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kinky

[ˈkɪŋkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (hair) → crespo/a (fam) (sexually) → dai gusti particolari; (person, idea, fashion) → stravagante, eccentrico/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

kink

(kiŋk) noun

a twist or bend, eg in a string, rope etc.

kinky adjective

(hair) with a lot of small curls.

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