Definition of Kink up

1. Verb. Curl tightly. "They kink up their hair "; "Crimp hair"

Exact synonyms: Crape, Crimp, Frizz, Frizzle, Kink
Generic synonyms: Curl, Wave
Derivative terms: Crimp, Kink

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kink Up

kingy
kinhin
kinic
kinic acid
kinichilite
kinilaw
kinin
kinin 9
kininogen
kininogenase
kininogenin
kininogens
kinins
kinjite
kink up (current term)
kinkajou
kinkajous
kinked
kinked aorta
kinker
kinkers
kinkier
kinkiest
kinkily
kinkiness
kinkinesses
kinking
kinkle
kinkles

Literary usage of Kink up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Words Used in East Anglia by Walter Rye, Robert Forby (1895)
"When the fire seems extinct, a latent spark may remain which will ' kink up,' not by stirring or blowing the coals, but by laying the poker over them, ..."

2. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1840)
""The fire will kink up," meaning, though almost extinct, a little care will revive it. However this implies some difficulty in producing the desired result. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"When the fire seems extinct, a latent spark may remain which will 'kink up,' not by stirring or blowing the coals, but by laying the poker over them, ..."

4. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"... whether cough or any thing else, when slight but progressive symptoms of amendment appear, it is prognosticated, that the patient " will kink up again. ..."

5. The Modern English Verb-adverb Combination by Arthur Garfield Kennedy (1920)
"... fuss up 'to dress with care,' grease up, gum up, harness up, hash up, heat up (but cool off), hitch up, jam up, jumble up, kink up, level up, light up, ..."

6. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1900)
"Her hair never would " stay put," but was determined to fly about in all directions, and kink up in spite of the stiffest of stiff brushes. ..."

7. Sharps and Flats by Eugene Field (1900)
"We drink up and think up, We kink up and shrink up, And do up a shirt or a man. We slack up or back up, We stack up and whack up, And hold up a man or an ..."

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