An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
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.
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.
Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
To emit vapor or fumes.
To give (someone) the vapors; to depress, to bore.
To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
To turn into vapor.
To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.