Meaning

10 senses
  1. One or more very small, short bursts of light.

    Funkeln

    блескblesk

  2. A very short moment of time.

  3. The chaffinch.

  4. A sound made by the chaffinch and some other birds.

  5. (slang)A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.

    Twink

    твинкtvink

    твінкtvink

  6. (derogatory, slang)A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.

    Tunte

  7. (US, dated, possibly, slang)A new recruit.

  8. (Internet, derogatory, mildly)A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) who is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player.

    Twink

    твинкtvink

    твінкtvink

  9. (Internet, dated, derogatory)A player in a multi-user dungeon (MUD) who engages in abusive min-maxing behaviour and exploits or took advantage of other players for personal gain.

  10. (New Zealand, uncountable)Correction fluid or correction tape.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. A twink performed a blowjob on me.

    ruТвинк сделал мне минет.

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  2. Not every skinny guy is a twink.

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  3. Karl is definitely a twink.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
gay slang: young, attractive, slim man:
Русский
By meaning 2
a twinkle; a glint:
gay slang: young, attractive, slim man:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a twinkle; a glint:
gay slang: young, attractive, slim man:
weak or effeminate man:

Origin

From Middle English twinken, twynken, from Old English *twincian (“to wink; twinkle”), fro

From Middle English twinken, twynken, from Old English *twincian (“to wink; twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *twinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *twinkōną, an augmented form (with formative *-kōną; see English -k) of Proto-Germanic *twint- (“to twinkle”). Cognate with Middle High German zwinken, zwingen, modern German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”), Middle Dutch twinc (“a blink”), Middle High German zwinzen, zwinzern (“to blink, blink hard”).

Imitative of the sound.

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