dink

plural dinks

1. hobbiesA soft drop shot.

   But what I saw is she still has that sense of, ‘Okay, I need to hit a dink shot, I need to come with power now, I need to change up my serve not for a flat one, but a big kick.’

   2018 February 12, Ava Wallace, “New mother Serena Williams returns to tennis, with a little rust and plenty to learn”, in Washington Post

2. A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.
3. ball gamesA light chip; a chipped pass or shot

   The forward passed to Fernandes and, as Pau López advanced, the Portuguese fashioned a sand‑wedge dink over the goalkeeper.

   2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian

present singular third person dinks · participle present dinking · participle past dinked · past dinked

1. hobbiesTo play a soft drop shot.
2. To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.
3. ball gamesTo strike the ball gently.
4. ball gamesTo chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.

   The forward dinked the ball over the goalkeeper to score his first goal of the season.

   2 more examples

   But the visitors started the game in stunning fashion when Morten Gamst Pedersen dinked forward a clever looping pass and Kalinic beat the offside trap, surged into the box and beautifully placed the ball past goalkeeper Scott Carson.

   2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC

   A dinked pass intended for De Bruyne from the impressive Oscar Bobb then deflected off Jackson and looped into the net early in the second half before Foden smashed in his second.

   2024 January 7, Gary Rose, “Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town”, in BBC Sport

5. slangtransitivevideo gamesTo land a non-lethal headshot on.

   Synonyms: goosh

plural dinks

1. AustraliacolloquialA ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.

   I gave him a dink on my bike.

present singular third person dinks · participle present dinking · participle past dinked · past dinked

1. AustraliacolloquialTo carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.

   I didn't like them at all ; only the lame one who used to let me dink him home on his bicycle.

   1947, John Lehmann, editor, The Penguin New Writing, number 30, page 103

plural dinks

1. USdatedderogatoryethnicslangslurgovernmentA Vietnamese person.

   Our job was to go out on night patrols and stay behind to zap any dinks we caught sneaking back to their holes at dawn.

   1989, Craig Roberts, Charles W. Sasser, The Walking Dead: A Marine's Story of Vietnam, page 197

   1 more example

   ABRAMS: [...] The term 'dink' or 'slope' or that sort of thing starts out calling the enemy that, and he's Vietnamese, the same as these, so then the next thing is all Vietnamese, call them that. It's just a bad thing. And I'm sure a great many who use it don't use it intentionally to offend, but there's no question but what it does. [...]

   2004 [1970], Lewis Sorley, editor, Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972, Texas Tech University Press, page 355

   Synonyms: gook

present singular third person dinks · participle present dinking · participle past dinked · past dinked

1. InternetdeliberatehumorousmisspellingDeliberate misspelling of drink (“to consume a liquid through the mouth”)

   dink my oiter

   3 more examples

   Okay? He’s just dinking his oiter

   2023 November 25, Reddit, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2026

   Me when I dink my oup

   2024 June 1, @MLOclub, X (post), archived from the original on 05 Jul 2026

   dink my ofee

   2024 July 29, @Catsillyness, X (post), archived from the original on 05 Jul 2026

plural dinks

1. AustraliaUSAlternative letter-case form of DINK (“double income, no kids”).

1. AustraliaNew ZealandHonest, fair, true.
2. AustraliaNew ZealandGenuine, proper, fair dinkum.

1. AustraliaNew Zealandnot comparableHonestly, truly.

   Are you The Banjo? Fair dink no bull? Oh, sorry, lady, I mean ... dinki-di?

   2006, Pip Wilson, Face in the Street, page 323

1. AustraliaNorthern EnglanduncountableHard work, especially one's share of a task.
2. datedhistoricaluncountableA soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War.

plural dinks

1. CanadaUScolloquialslangThe penis.

   The hair on my legs is softer than the hair around my dink, but it still grosses me out.

   2004, Brian Francis, Fruit: A Novel about a Boy and his Nipples, page 2

2. CanadaUScolloquialslangA foolish or contemptible person.First known use 1960s

   […]he was a dink, and all the money, fame, and power in the world wouldn't change that one simple fact.

   1997, Chris Gudgeon, You’re Not as Good as You Think, page 13

1. archaicdialectalnot comparableFinely dressed, elegant; neat.

   All these floated along with the immense tide of population, whom mere curiosity had drawn together; and where the mechanic in his leathern apron, elbowed the dink and dainty dame, his city mistress[…]

   1821, Walter Scott, Kenilworth, page 249

1. USalternativenot comparablegovernmentAlternative spelling of dinq.

plural DINKs · alternative dink

1. AustraliaUSabbreviationacronymattributiveoftenAcronym of double income, no kids or dual income, no kids: a childless couple with two jobs and thus two incomes.

   Homer "It was a wonderful time. We were living the DINK life." Lisa "Dink?" Homer: "DINK: Dual income, no kids." Lisa: "Oh, DINK."

   2018, “3 Scenes Plus a Tag From a Marriage”, in The Simpsons

   1 more example

   In certain states, DINKs out earn their DIWK counterparts by an even more considerable margin. As you can see, DINKs in Connecticut earn 70% more than DIWKs, and DINK households make 62% more than DIWKs in Rhode Island.

   2024 November 3, Miranda Crace, “Dual Income Households: How Kids Change The Financial Picture”, in Rocket Mortgage

   Antonyms: DIWK