hink

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/hɪŋk/

noun

A reaping hook.

“The farmer reached into his shed and retrieved an old hink to cut down the overgrown weeds.”

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Meanings

hink1

nounhink (plural hinks)

plural hinks

  1. obsoleteA reaping hook.

    The farmer reached into his shed and retrieved an old hink to cut down the overgrown weeds.

    1 more example

    Historical re-enactors demonstrated how a hink was traditionally used during harvest season.

verbhink (third-person singular simple present hinks, present participle hinking, simple past and past participle hinked)

present singular third person hinks · participle present hinking · participle past hinked · past hinked

  1. intransitiveTo think optimistically.

Hink2

proper nounHink (plural Hinks)

plural Hinks

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