Meaning

6 senses

  1. To play a soft drop shot.

  2. To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.

  3. To strike the ball gently.

  4. 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.

  5. (slang, transitive)To land a non-lethal headshot on.

  6. (Australia, colloquial)To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.

Examples

1 sentences

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

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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.

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Forms

dinks, dinking, dinked, dinked
Base formdink · to dink
3rd person singulardinks
Present participledinking
Past simpledinked
Past participledinked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydink
he, she, itdinks

Past simpleLesson

all personsdinked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dinked
he, she, ithas dinked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dink

Synonyms

1 synonyms
goosh

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddouble-dink

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dinghydingodingydinnerA1dinnertimedinosaurA2
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