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.
A dazed or unconscious condition.
A tedious journey.
A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
To create in or via a trance.
To travel quickly over a long distance.
To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
To pass across or over; to traverse.
To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.