dink.
A soft drop shot.
Meaning & usage
A soft drop shot.
A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.
A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
Where this word comes from
Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s.
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.
The forward dinked the ball over the goalkeeper to score his first goal of the season.
To land a non-lethal headshot on.
Where this word comes from
Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s.
A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.
I gave him a dink on my bike.
Where this word comes from
Origin unknown. Attested since the 1930s.
To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.
Where this word comes from
Origin unknown. Attested since the 1930s.
A Vietnamese person.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Honest, fair, true.
Genuine, proper, fair dinkum.
Where this word comes from
See dinkum.
Honestly, truly.
Where this word comes from
See dinkum.
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.
Where this word comes from
See dinkum.
The penis.
A foolish or contemptible person.
Where this word comes from
Origin unknown. Attested since the late nineteenth century.
Finely dressed, elegant; neat.
Where this word comes from
Origin unknown. Attested in English and in Scots since the sixteenth century.
Deliberate misspelling of drink (“to consume a liquid through the mouth”)
dink my oiter
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *drinkaną Proto-West Germanic *drinkan Old English drincan Middle English drinken English drink English dink Syncopic form of drink.
Alternative letter-case form of DINK (“double income, no kids”).
Alternative spelling of dinq.
Where this word comes from
See dinq.
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