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- [dingk]
- /dɪŋk/
- /ˈdɪŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dingk]
- /dɪŋk/
Definitions of dink word
- noun dink Informal. either partner of a married couple having two incomes and no children. 1
- noun dink This term was a slur applied to a Vietcong or North Vietnamese soldier during the Vietnam War. 1
- noun dink A partner in a well-off working couple with no children. 1
- noun dink boat: dinghy 1
- noun Technical meaning of dink /dink/ Said of a machine that has the bitty box nature; a machine too small to be worth bothering with - sometimes the system you're currently forced to work on. First heard from an MIT hacker working on a CP/M system with 64K, in reference to any 6502 system, then from fans of 32 bit architectures about 16-bit machines. "GNUMACS will never work on that dink machine." Probably derived from mainstream "dinky", which isn't sufficiently pejorative. See macdink. 1
- adjective dink neat or neatly dressed 0
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Origin of dink
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05; by apocope and devoicing
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Dink
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dink popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dink usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dink
noun dink
- bonnet — The bonnet of a car is the metal cover over the engine at the front.
- beret — A beret is a circular, flat hat that is made of soft material and has no brim.
- beanie — A beanie is a small, close-fitting cap.
- pillbox — a box, usually shallow and often round, for holding pills.
- skullcap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
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