Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drop shot.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for a North Vietnamese soldier or guerrilla in the Vietnam War.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deck; dress; adorn.
- Neatly dressed; trim; tidy.
- Also
denk .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Scot. To deck; -- often with out or up.
- noun either of a married couple who both are employed and have no children. The term is often used as the prototype of midde-class persons with higher-than-average disposable income.
- noun (Tennis) a ball hit softly that falls to the ground just beyond the net.
- adjective Scot. Trim; neat.
- noun U.S. slang an Asian person, especially a Vietnamese; -- used contemptuously, considered disparaging and offensive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun tennis A soft
drop shot . - noun US, pejorative A North Vietnamese
soldier . - noun US Double Income No Kids - a childless couple with two jobs
- noun Canada, colloquial A penis.
- verb tennis To play a soft drop shot.
- verb soccer To
chip lightly, to play a lightchip shot. - verb Australia, colloquial To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.
- adjective US, military Alternative spelling of
dinq .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
- noun a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Wow, what a convenient coinky-dink, is that just an amazingly close election, or what?
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When this dink is defeated this coming Twosday and he finally slinks out of the Whitehouse in early 2005 he is going to disappear from the national scene like no president ever has.
Archive 2004-10-01 Ed 2004
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When this dink is defeated this coming Twosday and he finally slinks out of the Whitehouse in early 2005 he is going to disappear from the national scene like no president ever has.
All we need is Blog? Ed 2004
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A "dink" dog, the product of the mating of a brother and sister, because his thoughtless owner didn't have either of his two dogs spayed or neutered.
Do Unto Others: Thank You Mr. Anonymous, a Man With Christian Values 2007
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I remember the first time I saw a "dink:" it was on the playground at Kindercare.
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I saw my first "dink" at a family reunion when I was about 5 or 6.
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It's been a while since I read something with the word "dink" in it.
Summer-babe related difficulties. Kat 2005
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As for male parts I prefer "dink" over "penis" and I especially hate "cock" ... shudder. speaking of shuddering, today when I asked Holly how her dinner at All You Can Eat Sushi went, she said "I ate so much I shivered" and I laughed for so long.
withkerth Diary Entry withkerth 2003
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Click " dink " The sounds were faint, almost inaudible.
The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991
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A "dink," neat or trim, maiden often forgets her "dinkness" after marriage.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
kewpid commented on the word dink
double-income, no kids
October 12, 2007
treeseed commented on the word dink
A jerk.
February 22, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word dink
Treeseed, I think it also implies a level of stupidity that the average jerk doesn't necessarily have. But that might be just me.
February 22, 2008
fmwlowe commented on the word dink
Years ago this word was used to describe anyone one didn't like or someone who has done something foolish.
June 16, 2009
csilvest commented on the word dink
A fish too small to keep. Most often used referring to yellow perch. Even though they may be legal to keep, they're too small to fillet, so back into the water they go.
March 27, 2016