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Skinked vs Kinked - What's the difference?

skinked | kinked |

As verbs the difference between skinked and kinked

is that skinked is past tense of skink while kinked is past tense of kink.

As an adjective kinked is

bent or twisted into a tight curl.

skinked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (skink)

    • skink

    English

    (wikipedia skink)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) scinc, from (etyl) scincus, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lizard of the Scincidae family, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) scencan or (etyl) skenkja.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) to serve (a drink)
  • * Shirley
    • Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) drink
  • (obsolete) pottage
    • (Francis Bacon)
    Derived terms
    * Cullen skink (Webster 1913)

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    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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