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Oinked vs Kinked - What's the difference?

oinked | kinked |

As verbs the difference between oinked and kinked

is that oinked is past tense of oink while kinked is past tense of kink.

As an adjective kinked is

bent or twisted into a tight curl.

oinked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (oink)

    • oink

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Representing the sound made by a pig.
  • Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig ).
  • * 1982 , Sandy Asher, Just like Jenny?
    • Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye. "Oink , oink," she said, to let him know he was being a male chauvinist pig.
  • * 2003 , Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America
    • "The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink , oink!"
  • * 2005 , Alinka Zyrmont, Forbidden Passion
    • You are such a male chauvinist oink , oink. You think that you are the only one who can drive a car or fly an airplane.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.
    • The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks .

    Synonyms

    * grunt

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.
    • The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

    Synonyms

    * grunt

    See also

    * grunt * squeal

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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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