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
“Until fairly recently, the Black person was self-conscious about his curly, kinky hair,” he told The New York Times in 1971.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022
The next time it’s asked to weigh in on issues of kinky coils, Bantu knots, twist-outs and dreads, the court may have an in-house expert.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022
She was slightly out of breath and using her fingers to put up her short, kinky hair into a ponytail.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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