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Kinked vs Tinked - What's the difference?

kinked | tinked |

As verbs the difference between kinked and tinked

is that kinked is past tense of kink while tinked is past tense of tink.

As an adjective kinked

is bent or twisted into a tight curl.

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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    tinked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tink)

    • tink

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a high-pitched noise.
    • Jimmy heard the bells tink .
    Synonyms
    * tinkle
    References
    [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tink]

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

    • Etymology 2

    knit spelled backwards.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
  • * Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)
    • Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
  • * 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)
    • If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking ” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

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