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.
A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
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.
That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
A rampage.
A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
A hole or break caused by tearing.
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
To injure as if by pulling apart.
To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
To produce tears.
To make (an opening) with force or energy.
To become torn, especially accidentally.
To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
To remove by tearing.
To smash or enter something with great force.
To demolish