Meaning

9 senses
  1. A soft drop shot.

  2. A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.

  3. A light chip; a chipped pass or shot

  4. (Australia, colloquial)A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.

    I gave him a dink on my bike.

  5. (US, dated, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur)A Vietnamese person.

  6. (Australia, Northern England, uncountable)Hard work, especially one's share of a task.

  7. (dated, historical, uncountable)A soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War.

  8. (Canada, US, colloquial, slang)The penis.

  9. (Canada, US, colloquial, slang)A foolish or contemptible person.

More definitions
  • a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
  • a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He graduated from some rinky-dink college in Oklahoma.

Origin

Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s. Origin unknown. Attested since the 19

Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s.

Origin unknown. Attested since the 1930s.

Uncertain. Either:

Origin unknown. Attested since the late nineteenth century.

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Forms

plural: dinks
Singulardink
Pluraldinks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net:drop shot

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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