adj
Meaning 1
Honest, fair, true.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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Standard Lemma guide
DINK
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/dɪŋk/
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CMU ARPABET: D IH1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Genuine, proper, fair dinkum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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adj
Meaning 3
Finely dressed, elegant; neat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of dinq.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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adv
Meaning 5
Honestly, truly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 6
Acronym of double income, no kids or dual income, no kids: a childless couple with two jobs and thus two incomes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, attributive, often
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Antonyms: DIWK
noun
Meaning 7
A soft drop shot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
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noun
Meaning 8
A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 9
A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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noun
Meaning 10
A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, colloquial
Examples
- I gave him a dink on my bike.
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noun
Meaning 11
A Vietnamese person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: gook
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noun
Meaning 12
Alternative letter-case form of DINK (“double income, no kids”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, US, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 13
Hard work, especially one's share of a task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Northern-England, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 14
A soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, historical, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 15
The penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, colloquial, slang
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noun
Meaning 16
A foolish or contemptible person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, colloquial, slang
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verb
Meaning 17
To play a soft drop shot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
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verb
Meaning 18
To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 19
To strike the ball gently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 20
To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
Examples
- The forward dinked the ball over the goalkeeper to score his first goal of the season.
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verb
Meaning 21
To land a non-lethal headshot on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Topics: video-games
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Synonyms: goosh
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 22
To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, colloquial
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verb
Meaning 23
Deliberate misspelling of drink (“to consume a liquid through the mouth”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling
Examples
- dink my oiter
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noun
Meaning 24
a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: drop shot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: return
noun
Meaning 25
a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: couple, mates, match
History
Etymology
See dinkum.
Origin unknown. Attested in English and in Scots since the sixteenth century.
See dinq.
Originally US. First attested in the 1980s.
Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s.
Origin unknown. Attested since the 1930s.
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”).
Origin unknown. Attested since the late nineteenth century.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *drinkaną Proto-West Germanic *drinkan Old English drincan Middle English drinken English drink English dink Syncopic form of drink.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: lobben — sports