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Jinked vs Kinked - What's the difference?

jinked | kinked |

As verbs the difference between jinked and kinked

is that jinked is past tense of jink while kinked is past tense of kink.

As an adjective kinked is

bent or twisted into a tight curl.

jinked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (jink)

    • jink

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quick evasive turn.

    • Derived terms

    * high jinks * jinky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a quick evasive turn.
  • * 1786 , Robert Burns, "Address to the Devil", Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect volume I:
    • But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkin , / An' cheat you yet.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 5 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=As the Gunners attacked in unrelenting waves of red the opportunities started to fall their way, as the outstanding Wilshere fired at Hart and then Van Persie jinked into space only to see his arrow-like 18-yard left-foot rocket shot cannon back off the base of Hart's right-hand post. }}
  • To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.

    • kinked

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Bent or twisted into a tight curl.

    • Synonyms

    * (bent or twisted into a tight curl): bent, twisted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (kink)

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