noun
Meaning 1
A bench.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
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Standard Lemma guide
bink
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noun
Meaning 2
A table or similar surface for laying out items.
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Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 3
A sideboard or shelf unit for holding dishes.
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noun
Meaning 4
A mountain ledge.
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noun
Meaning 5
A long cut in peat moss, marking a section from which blocks of peat are cut.
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noun
Meaning 6
A hive.
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noun
Meaning 7
A pacifier.
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noun
Meaning 8
A musical, percussive noise; plink.
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verb
Meaning 9
To shelter or become trapped on a ledge or crag.
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verb
Meaning 10
To cut a bink in peat moss.
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verb
Meaning 11
To make a bink noise.
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verb
Meaning 12
To poke lightly.
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verb
Meaning 13
To win, especially a substantial amount due to luck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
Topics: card-games, poker
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History
Etymology
From Middle English bink, binke, variants of Middle English benk, benke, from Old English benc (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. More at bench.
Clipping of binky.
Onomatopoeia