dink

Plural: dinks

Noun

• a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
• a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
• A soft drop shot.
• A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.
• A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
• A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.
• A Vietnamese person.
• Acronym of double income no kids.
• Hard work, especially one's share of a task.
• A soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War.
• The penis.
• A foolish or contemptible person.

Verb

Verb Forms: dinked, dinking, dinks

• To adorn or decorate in a neat or tidy way.
• To play a soft drop shot.
• To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.
• To strike the ball gently.
• To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.
• To land a non-lethal headshot on.
• To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.

Adj

• Honest, fair, true.
• Genuine, proper, fair dinkum.
• Finely dressed, elegant; neat.
• Alternative spelling of dinq.

Adv

• Honestly, truly.

Examples

• He tried to DINK his rack, arranging tiles to find hidden words.
• I gave him a dink on my bike.
• The forward dinked the ball over the goalkeeper to score his first goal of the season.

Synonyms

drop shot, gook, goosh

Related Words

rinky-dink

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