dink

Etymology 1

Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s.

noun

1. (tennis) A soft drop shot.
   But what I saw is she still has that sense of, ‘Okay, I need to hit a dink shot, I need to come with power now, I need to change up my serve not for a flat one, but a big kick.’ 2018 February 12, Ava Wallace, “New mother Serena Williams returns to tennis, with a little rust and plenty to learn”, in Washington Post
2. (pickleball) A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.
3. (soccer) A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
   The forward passed to Fernandes and, as Pau López advanced, the Portuguese fashioned a sand‑wedge dink over the goalkeeper. 29 April 2021, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian

verb

1. (tennis) To play a soft drop shot.
2. (pickleball) To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.
3. (soccer) 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.
   But the visitors started the game in stunning fashion when Morten Gamst Pedersen dinked forward a clever looping pass and Kalinic beat the offside trap, surged into the box and beautifully placed the ball past goalkeeper Scott Carson. December 28, 2010, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC

Etymology 2

Origin unknown. Attested since the 1930s.

noun

1. (Australia, colloquial) A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.
   I gave him a dink on my bike.

verb

1. (Australia, colloquial) To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.
   I didn't like them at all ; only the lame one who used to let me dink him home on his bicycle. 1947, John Lehmann, editor, The Penguin New Writing, number 30, page 103

Etymology 3

Origin unknown. Attested since the 1960s. Compare Chink, a derogatory term for a Chinese person.

noun

1. (US, military slang, derogatory, dated) A North Vietnamese soldier.
   Our job was to go out on night patrols and stay behind to zap any dinks we caught sneaking back to their holes at dawn. 1989, Craig Roberts, Charles W. Sasser, The Walking Dead: A Marine's Story of Vietnam, page 197

Etymology 4

Initialism. Originally US. Attested since the 1980s.

noun

1. (US) Initialism of double income no kids..

Etymology 5

See dinkum.

adj

1. (Australia, New Zealand) Honest, fair, true.
2. (Australia, New Zealand) Genuine, proper, fair dinkum.

adv

1. (Australia, New Zealand) Honestly, truly.
   Are you The Banjo? Fair dink no bull? Oh, sorry, lady, I mean ... dinki-di? 2006, Pip Wilson, Face in the Street, page 323

noun

1. (Australia, Northern England) Hard work, especially one's share of a task.
2. (historical, dated) A soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War.

Etymology 6

Origin unknown. Attested since the late nineteenth century.

noun

1. (Canada, US, colloquial, slang) The penis.
   The hair on my legs is softer than the hair around my dink, but it still grosses me out. 2004, Brian Francis, Fruit: A Novel about a Boy and his Nipples, page 2
2. (Canada, US, colloquial, slang) A foolish or contemptible person.
   […]he was a dink, and all the money, fame, and power in the world wouldn't change that one simple fact. 1997, Chris Gudgeon, You’re Not as Good as You Think, page 13

Etymology 7

Origin unknown. Attested in English and in Scots since the sixteenth century.

adj

1. (archaic or dialectal) Finely dressed, elegant; neat.
   All these floated along with the immense tide of population, whom mere curiosity had drawn together; and where the mechanic in his leathern apron, elbowed the dink and dainty dame, his city mistress[…] 1821, Walter Scott, Kenilworth, page 249

Etymology 8

See dinq.

adj

1. (US, military) Alternative spelling of dinq