shink.
To pour or serve wine or beer; to skink.
Meaning & usage
To pour or serve wine or beer; to skink.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English shynken, schenken, schenchen (“to pour, pour a drink”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankijan, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Doublet of skink.
The sound of something metal, such as a blade, sliding (along other metal, along a whetstone, etc).
The sound of something metal, such as a blade, sliding (along other metal, along a whetstone, etc). In particular, the sound of a blade sliding into or out of something.
Where this word comes from
Onomatopoeic. Compare shunk.
To slide with the shink sound of metal sliding.
Where this word comes from
Onomatopoeic. Compare shunk.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.