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DINK
DINK
(noun) a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
DINK (plural DINKs)
double income, no kids - a childless couple with two jobs and thus two incomes
Anagrams
• -kind, kind
Etymology 1
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
(tennis) A soft drop shot.
(soccer) A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
Verb
dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked)
(tennis) To play a soft drop shot.
(football) To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.
Etymology 2
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
(Australia, colloquial) A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.
Verb
dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked)
(Australia, colloquial) To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.
Etymology 3
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
(US, military slang, pejorative, dated) A North Vietnamese soldier.
Etymology 4
Initialism. Originally US. Attested since the 1980s.
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
(US) Double Income No Kids - a childless couple with two jobs.
Etymology 5
Adjective
dink
(Australia, New Zealand) Honest, fair, true.
(Australia, New Zealand) Genuine, proper, fair dinkum.
Adverb
dink (not comparable)
(Australia, New Zealand) Honestly, truly.
Noun
dink (uncountable)
(Australia, Northern England) Hard work, especially one's share of a task.
(historical, dated) A soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War.
Etymology 6
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
(North America, colloquial, slang) A penis.
(North America, colloquial, slang) A foolish person, a despised person. [from 1960s]
Etymology 7
Adjective
dink (not comparable)
(archaic or dialectal) Finely dressed, elegant; neat.
Etymology 8
Adjective
dink (not comparable)
(US, military) Alternative spelling of dinq
Anagrams
• -kind, kind
Source: Wiktionary
Dink, a. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: Trim; neat. [Scot.] Burns.
– Dink"ly, adv.
Dink, v. t.
Definition: To deck; -- often with out or up. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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