dink1

[dingk] /dɪŋk/
noun
1.
dinghy.
Origin
1900-05; by apocope and devoicing

dink2

[dingk] /dɪŋk/
noun
1.
Tennis, Volleyball. a softly hit ball that falls just over the net.
Origin
1935-40; imitative, probably influenced by dinky

dink3

[dingk] /dɪŋk/
noun, Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
1.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Southeast Asian, especially a Vietnamese.
Origin
1965-70, Americanism; compare Australian slang dink Chinese person; perhaps back formation from dinky, reinforced by rhyme with Chink
Usage note
This term was a slur applied to a Vietcong or North Vietnamese soldier during the Vietnam War.

dink4

[dingk] /dɪŋk/
noun
1.
Informal. either partner of a married couple having two incomes and no children.
Origin
1985-90; d(ouble) i(ncome), n(o) k(ids)
Examples from the web for dink
  • dink and crud are syllables that can mar a name and invite derision.
  • dink buys a couple thousand boxes each year to ship his birds.
British Dictionary definitions for dink

dink1

/dɪŋk/
adjective
1.
(Scot & Northern English, dialect) neat or neatly dressed
verb
2.
(Austral & NZ, mainly childrens slang)
  1. (transitive) to carry (a second person) on a horse, bicycle, etc
  2. (intransitive) (of two people) to travel together on a horse, bicycle, etc
Word Origin
C16: of unknown origin

dink2

/dɪŋk/
noun
1.
a ball struck delicately
verb
2.
to hit or kick (a ball) delicately
Word Origin
C20: imitative of a delicate strike
Word Origin and History for dink
n.

derogatory for "Vietnamese," 1969, U.S. military slang, of uncertain origin.

DINK

acronym for double income, no kids, popular from 1987.

Slang definitions & phrases for dink

dink 1

noun
  1. A tiny cap worn by freshmen; beanie •Dinky cap is attested from 1893 (1920+ College students)
  2. The penis (1880s+)
  3. A despised person; dork, jerk, prick: Nor, he insists, does he believe that any witless dink could learn to play like Ringo Starr within a week (1960s+)
  4. Very little; nothing; dick2, zilch: He knows dink about weapons (1950s+)
verb

To make small exasperating movements, tennis shots, etc •First example may reflect 1920s dinky, ''a trolley car having a short route'': after finding that the campaign was dinking along like a Toonerville trolley/ They're not letting the combination dink them into submission anymore/ He dinked the kid to death with left-handed backspin junk (1939+ Tennis)

[fr dinky]


dink 2

noun

A Vietnamese; gook, slope

[Vietnam War armed forces; related to Australian Dink, ''a Chinese,'' perhaps fr dinge or fr Chink]


dink 3

noun

A yacht's tender; dinghy

[1900+; probably fr dinghy]


dink 4

noun

One of a childless couple, both of whom are employed: a friend referred to two young professionals as ''a couple of dinks''

[1986+; acronym fr double income no kids]


dink 5

Related Terms

rinky-dink


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.
[Jargon File]
(1994-10-31)

Related Abbreviations for dink

DINK

double income, no kids