dink

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪŋk/ Rhymes: -ɪŋk === Etymology 1 === Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s. ==== Noun ==== dink (plural dinks) (tennis) A soft drop shot. (pickleball) A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone. (soccer) A light chip; a chipped pass or shot ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked) (tennis) To play a soft drop shot. (pickleball) To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone. (cricket) To strike the ball gently. (soccer) To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot. (video games, slang, transitive) To land a non-lethal headshot on. Synonym: goosh ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Origin unknown. Attested since the 1930s. ==== Noun ==== dink (plural dinks) (Australia, colloquial) A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle. ==== Verb ==== dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked) (Australia, colloquial) To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar. ===== Derived terms ===== double-dink === Etymology 3 === Uncertain. Either: A rhythmatic reduplicative of Chink, a derogatory term for a Chinese person. Attested from Australia since the 1960s (consult the American Heritage Dictionary). or, clipping of dinky dau/dow, a corrupted borrowing from Vietnamese điên cái đầu (“[you make my] head goes crazy”). ==== Noun ==== dink (plural dinks) (US, military slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, dated) A Vietnamese person. Synonym: gook === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== dink (plural dinks) (US, Australia) Alternative letter-case form of DINK (“double income, no kids”). === Etymology 5 === See dinkum. ==== Adjective ==== dink (Australia, New Zealand) Honest, fair, true. (Australia, New Zealand) Genuine, proper, fair dinkum. ==== Adverb ==== dink (not comparable) (Australia, New Zealand) Honestly, truly. ==== Noun ==== dink (uncountable) (Australia, Northern England) Hard work, especially one's share of a task. (historical, dated) A soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War. === Etymology 6 === Origin unknown. Attested since the late nineteenth century. ==== Noun ==== dink (plural dinks) (Canada, US, colloquial, slang) The penis. (Canada, US, colloquial, slang) A foolish or contemptible person. [from 1960s] === Etymology 7 === Origin unknown. Attested in English and in Scots since the sixteenth century. ==== Adjective ==== dink (not comparable) (archaic or dialectal) Finely dressed, elegant; neat. === Etymology 8 === See dinq. ==== Adjective ==== dink (not comparable) (US, military) Alternative spelling of dinq. === See also === rinky-dink (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === -kind, kind == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch dinken, a regional variant of denken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dəŋk/ === Verb === dink (present dink, present participle denkende, past dag or dog, past participle gedag or gedog or gedink) to think ==== Usage notes ==== The regular past form het gedink can be used in all senses. The irregular past forms dag, dog; het gedag, het gedog can only be used in the sense of “to believe, to reckon (that)”, but not in the sense of “to think about, to ponder”. ==== Derived terms ==== bedink nadink === Anagrams === kind == Lithuanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [²ˈdʲɪŋˑk] Rhymes: -ɪŋˑk Syllabification: diñk === Verb === diñk second-person singular imperative of diñgti == Scots == === Etymology 1 === Origin unknown. Attested in Old Scots circa 1500. ==== Adjective ==== dink (comparative mair dink, superlative maist dink) neat and tidy ==== Verb ==== dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinkin, simple past and past participle dinkt) to deck to dress neatly === Etymology 2 === Probably a variant of English dint, a dent or mark left by a blow. ==== Noun ==== dink (plural dinks) a bruise ==== Verb ==== dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinkin, simple past and past participle dinkt) to dent, to bruise === References === “dink”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.