n. A knot-like contraction or curl in a thread, cord, or rope, or in a hair, wire, or chain, resulting from its being twisted or doubled upon itself, or from the nature of the material. Also kinkle.n. An unreasonable and obstinate notion; a crotchet; a whim.To form kinks; twist or contract into knots.To become entangled: said of a line.To laugh loudly.To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing: especially applied to the noisy inspiration of breath in whooping-cough.n. A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of the breath; the whoop in whooping-cough; a gasping for breath caused by coughing, laughing, or crying.