kitchen sink

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɪt͡ʃ(ɪ)n ˈsɪŋk/
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• General-American: /ˌkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n ˈsɪŋk/
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• rhymes with -ɪŋk
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The noun is derived from kitchen + sink. Sense 2.1 (“miscellaneous item or miscellany”) is probably from everything but the kitchen sink. The adjective is derived from the noun. Sense 1 (“of or pertaining to a realist style of painting characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors of urban working-class people”) was coined by the British art critic David Sylvester (1924–2001) in a December 1954 article entitled “The Kitchen Sink”: see the quotation. The verb is a back-formation from kitchen-sinking (noun), which is derived from the noun.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: Kitchen Sink -tyylinen — of or pertaining to a realist style of painting characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors of urban working-class people; of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style
• Polish: przedstawiający aspekty zwyczajnego życia rodzinnego — of or pertaining to a realist style of painting characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors of urban working-class people; of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style
• Finnish: työväestön arkielämää käsittelevä — of or pertaining to a genre of drama, fiction, etc., depicting the harsh lives of working-class people; of or pertaining to a film, novel, play, etc., of this genre
• Polish: przedstawiający aspekty zwyczajnego życia rodzinnego — of or pertaining to a genre of drama, fiction, etc., depicting the harsh lives of working-class people; of or pertaining to a film, novel, play, etc., of this genre
• Asturian: bañal — sink in a kitchen
• Asturian: fregaderu — sink in a kitchen
• Finnish: keittiöallas — sink in a kitchen
• Finnish: tiskiallas — sink in a kitchen
• French: évier — sink in a kitchen
• Galician: pía — sink in a kitchen
• Galician: vertedoiro — sink in a kitchen
• German: Abwasch — sink in a kitchen
• German: Spülbecken — sink in a kitchen
• Hungarian: mosogató — sink in a kitchen
• Polish: zlew — sink in a kitchen
• Polish: zlewozmywak — sink in a kitchen
• Spanish: fregadero — sink in a kitchen
• Swedish: diskho — sink in a kitchen
• Swedish: ho — sink in a kitchen
• Finnish: roina — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• Finnish: roju — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• French: bric-à-brac — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• French: fourre-tout — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• French: n'importe quoi — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• French: pot-pourri — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• French: tout-venant — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• Hungarian: egyveleg — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• Hungarian: mindenféle — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• Polish: zbiór rozmaitości — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• Polish: mydło i powidło — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• Polish: mieszanina — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• Russian: всякая всячина (vsjakaja vsjačina) — miscellaneous item or miscellany — see also miscellany
• Finnish: esittää aiheeseen liittymättömiä valituksia — (transitive) to raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument; (intransitive) to raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument
• Polish: wyciągać stare brudy — (transitive) to raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument; (intransitive) to raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument
• Polish: wyciągnąć stare brudy — (transitive) to raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument; (intransitive) to raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument
• Polish: wrzucać do jednego worka — (transitive) to raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument; (intransitive) to raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument
• Polish: wrzucić do jednego worka — (transitive) to raise to (someone) unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument; (intransitive) to raise unrelated complaints and other matters during an argument
• Finnish: julkistaa kaikki huonot tiedot kerralla — to release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go
• Polish: czyścić bilans — to release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go
• Polish: wyczyścić bilans — to release (a large amount of information about the poor financial results of a company) in one go