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ALL meanings of dink

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  • noun dink Informal. either partner of a married couple having two incomes and no children. 1
  • noun Definition of dink in Technology /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
  • noun dink A partner in a well-off working couple with no children. 1
  • noun dink boat: dinghy 1
  • noun dink This term was a slur applied to a Vietcong or North Vietnamese soldier during the Vietnam War. 1
  • noun dink (tennis) A soft drop shot. 0
  • noun dink (US, pejorative) A North Vietnamese soldier. 0
  • noun dink (US) Double Income No Kids - a childless couple with two jobs. 0
  • noun dink (Colloquial) (Canada) A penis. 0
  • verb dink (tennis) To play a soft drop shot. 0
  • verb dink (soccer) To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot. 0
  • verb dink (Colloquial) (Australia) To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar. 0
  • adjective dink (US, military) Alternative spelling of dinq. 0
  • adjective dink neat or neatly dressed 0
  • verb dink to carry (a second person) on a horse, bicycle, etc 0
  • verb dink (of two people) to travel together on a horse, bicycle, etc 0
  • noun dink a ball struck delicately 0
  • verb dink to hit or kick (a ball) delicately 0
  • noun dink either of two people joined as a married couple who have two incomes and no children 0
  • noun dink drop shot (sense 2) 0
  • adjective dink of a hit made as a result of striking the ball poorly 0
  • noun dink a fool, jerk, etc. 0
  • noun dink a person born in Southeast Asia, esp. Vietnam, or of Southeast Asian descent 0
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