A fault or malfunction.
A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
To flee one's country and seek asylum.
To join the enemy army.
A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
To laugh loudly.
To be formed into a kink or twist.
To form a kink or twist.
To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.