kinking

verb

present participle of kink
as in twining

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinking
  1. twining
  2. warping
  3. coiling
  4. twisting
  5. entwining
  6. curling
  7. deflecting
  8. swirling
Verb
  • Blooms provide an early source of nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators, while songbirds shelter and build nests among the twining branches.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
  • No gloom-dark tree-glitter winding and twining its silks.
    — The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
Definition of twining
Verb
  • Rinse with water from the garden hose, and then dry with towels to prevent the wood from warping.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Plus, their curved details protect clothing from warping or stretching.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of warping
Verb
  • Joe Kramm | Courtesy of Francis Interiors The gold background is a spread of bold graphic lines, undulating shapes and coiling circular motifs, referencing the work of French artist, sculptor and designer Jean Dunand (1877–1942).
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Receiving a ball punched out of Tunisia’s area, the Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder took one touch to knock it into space, before coiling his diminutive frame behind a fierce shot that fizzed and curled into the net.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 15 June 2026
Definition of coiling
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  • On bars – her weakest event – Jade Carey fought through a late pirouette to nearly nail her full-twisting double layout dismount.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Like Dante, Nick Tosches was an undaunted character whose tongue-twisting prose was an iconoclastic mash-up of realism and intricate, erudite lyricism.
    — A.D. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of twisting
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  • Gerardo Dottori’s 1942 Aerial Battle over the Gulf of Naples mobilizes the contrails of its entwining fighter jets to express the effect of new military technology on a crystalline landscape.
    — Simon Denny, Artforum, 20 Apr. 2026
  • So, too, is the film’s music, composer Anthony Willis and soundtrack artist Charli XCX entwining raspy strings with grimy, ominous shudders.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of entwining
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  • Sydney Collins had floated a curling pass to Lema, who had come on as a substitute minutes earlier.
    — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Six minutes into the second half, an unmarked Rafael Llorente launched a curling shot from outside the box that landed in the top right corner to close the gap to 4-2.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of curling
Verb
  • The former Carolina Panthers linebacker spent his 15 minutes deflecting credit and thanking others, showering dozens of people from his life with praise.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The architects used building materials like bricks made of crushed sand and ash residue that have been found to be effective insulators, deflecting heat.
    — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of deflecting
Verb
  • Without an arrest, swirling suspicions were having their own corrosive effects on Incline Village, resident Michelle Pettibone said.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This is called a Balmer break, which generally indicates dense, photon-absorbing gas swirling in the atmospheres of ancient stars.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of swirling
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