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▪ I. jink, n.1 orig. Sc.|dʒɪŋk|
[cf. jink v.1]
1. a. The act of eluding; a quick turn so as to elude a pursuer or escape from a guard. Used esp. of a tricky turn in Rugby Football, or in Aeronautics. Also transf. and fig. to give the jink, to give the slip by way of a trick.
1786Burns Bard gone to W. Ind. i, Our billie's gien us a' the jink An' owre the sea. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxx, Now, lass, if ye like, we'll play them a fine jink: we will awa out and take a walk; they will mak unco wark when they miss us, but we can easily be back by dinner time. 1889R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 125 In pursuit of a small wild boar..She followed his every ‘jink’ or jump striving to get him under her forefeet. a1914J. E. Raphael Mod. Rugby Football (1918) 122 [Poulton Palmer's] ‘jink’ is all by itself in modern-day Rugger. 1921E. H. D. Sewell Rugby Football vi. 126 The defender..moves to his left as the dummy pass is made, thus making wider the gap which the attacker widens still further by his jink to the defender's right. 1943Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 41 Jinks, quick turns in the air, a form of aerobatics and of avoiding action. 1959V. Fuchs Antarctic Adv. xii. 168 Suddenly,..below them, they spotted vehicle tracks in the snow. From the outward flight they remembered that except for one ‘jink’ these led in a straight line from South Ice—and the ‘jink’ was only about a quarter of a mile from the station. 1969P. Dickinson Pride of Heroes 164 A jink in his train of thought made Pibble wonder who the next heir was.
b. A ‘turn’ or ‘point’ in an argument.
1823Galt R. Gilhaize I. xiv. 158 At this jink o' their controversy, who should come in..but Winterton.
2. Cards. The winning of a game of spoil-five, twenty-five, or forty-five, by taking all the tricks in one hand.
1887Standard Hoyle 225 Jinks, or, as it is sometimes called, Jink Game, is derived from Spoil-five. The game is won when all five tricks are taken. 1894‘Hoffmann’ Card & Table Games (1898) 248 A player making all five tricks is said to make a ‘jink’, and wins the game, whether at twenty-five or forty-five.
3. high jinks: app. orig. high pranks.
†a. A name given to various frolics formerly indulged in at drinking parties. Sc. Obs.
They mostly consisted in deciding by the throw of dice who should perform some ludicrous task for the amusement of the company, or who should empty a large bowl of liquor, failure in either case entailing a forfeit. See Hone Year-bk. (1892) 566; also Ramsay's note to quot. 1711, and the full context of quot. 1815.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Highjinks, a Play at Dice who Drinks. 1711Ramsay Elegy Maggy Johnstoun iv, Often in Maggy's, at hy-jinks We guzzled scuds, Till we could scarce, wi' hale-out drinks, Cast off our duds. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxvi, The revel had lasted since four o'clock, and, at length..the frolicsome company had begun to practise the ancient and now forgotten pastime of high jinks. This game was played in several different ways. 1822–30Ld. Cockburn Mem. 225 There were no High Jinks, or sprightly sayings, or songs; but a good deal of kindly personal banterings. 1837Lockhart Scott May an. 1795, The evening ended in the full jollity of High Jinks. 1890Mrs. Oliphant Roy. Edinb. iv. i. 409 He only learned to rhyme from the necessity of taking his part in the high jinks of the club.
b. Lively or boisterous sport; romping games or fun; free or unrestrained merry-making. (Also simply jinks.)
1842Barham Ingol. Leg., Bros. Birchington xvii, High Jinks going on night and day at ‘the court’. a1845Hood Forge ii, Smiling with faces full of glee, As if about to enjoy High Jinks. 1851Dixon W. Penn iii. (1872) 25 The Navy Gardens were a scene for romps and jinks. 1861Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. i. (1889) 7 All sorts of high jinks go on on the grass plot. 1896J. D. Coleridge Eton in Forties iv. 295 The high time for jinks was during the Windsor fair.
c. See quot.
1785Grose Dict. Vulg. T., High Jinks, a gambler at dice, who, having a strong head, drinks to intoxicate his adversary, or pigeon [ed. 1823 adds: chaps always on the look out to rob unwary country men at cards, &c.].
d. attrib. in form high-jink.
1853W. Jerdan Autobiog. IV. iii. 33 In the midst of these high-jink enjoyments, it must not be thought that the real business..was quite neglected.
e. Hence high-ˈjinking.
1891Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Oct. 2/1 On board we were very jovial and had much high jinking. 1904Daily Chron. 13 July 8/1 It is evening—eight o'clock—and the festival is at its very top notch of high-jinking.
▪ II. jink, n.2 rare.
[var. of chink n.3 Cf. jink v.2]
The sharp metallic sound of a coin, or the like, striking against a hard substance; transf. (slang) ‘chink’, coin.
c1775Roxb. Ball. (1890) VII. 85 No race we shall have I think, for C—s is come without his jink. 1898Watts-Dunton Aylwin (1900) 126/1 ‘Quid seems to jink all right, anyhow’,..‘though I'm more used to the jink of a tanner than a quid’.
▪ III. jink, v.1 orig. Sc.|dʒɪŋk|
[app. onomatopœic, expressing the idea of nimble motion.]
1. a. intr. To move with quick sudden action; to move or dart with sudden turns; to move jerkily to and fro. Now esp. in Rugby Football and Aeronautics; cf. jink n.1 1. to jink in, to make a sudden indirect or clandestine dart in. to jink one's way, to advance by means of jinks.
1785Burns 2nd Ep. to Davie ii, Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle; Lang may your elbock jink an' diddle. a1810Tannahill Poems, Midges dance aboon the burn, The merry wren, frae den to den, Gaes jinking through the thorn. 1816Scott Antiq. xxv, My lord couldna tak it weel your coming blinking and jinking in, in that fashion. 1834M. Scott Cruise Midge xxi, Jink out of the room, will ye, for I am very drowsy. 1932Daily Tel. 19 Mar. 17/2, I can see him jinking his way past our mid-field players. 1942E. Waugh Put out More Flags iii. 243 If they come in now from the rear the cars may jink round and give the other companies a chance to get out. 1944R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 288 The aircraft crossed in front of them, jinking steadily at high speed. 1961R. Jeffries Evidence of Accused i. 14 A rabbit..jinked away under the rhododendron bush.
b. To wheel or fling about in dancing; to dance.
1715Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. ii. xxiv, Was n'er in Scotland heard or seen..Sic dancing and sic jinkin'. 1804W. Tarras Poems 12 (Jam.) Then Tullie gart ilk carlie jink it, Till caps an' trenchers rair't and rinkit. 1894Crockett Raiders 17 Here we were, jinking hand in hand under the trees in the moonlight.
2. intr. To make a quick elusive turn, so as to dodge a pursuer or escape from a guard. Now esp. in Rugby Football and Aeronautics; cf. jink n.1 1.
1785Burns Addr. to Deil xx, But, faith! he'll turn a corner jinkin, An' cheat you yet. ― Halloween vi, But Rab slips out, an' jinks about, Behint the muckle thorn. 1827Blackw. Mag. XXI. 650 He jinks under your elbow, and starts off. 1887Black In Far Lochaber ii, Then ye jink round the corner and call it by another name. 1889R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 68 The boar..will often make a feint of jinking to one side, and will dart off in exactly the opposite direction. Ibid., When the boar..sees the spear point being lowered in his direction he will ‘jink’, or suddenly turn sharply to the right or left. a1914J. E. Raphael Mod. Rugby Football (1918) 103 This is a method which..should not be copied by the ordinary performer—except perhaps when ‘jinking’. 1927Wakefield & Marshall Rugger 93 A curious jinking side-step. 1940Aeroplane 30 Aug. 235/2 One example of Air Ministry verbosity is the continual use of the phrase ‘took evasive action’, instead of saying ‘dodged’ or ‘jinked’. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 3 You boost and you dive and you jink. 1959V. Fuchs Antarctic Adv. xii. 169 The visibility was about a hundred yards, but where the tracks jinked sharply right, he closed the throttle. 1963I. Fleming On H.M. Secret Service xvii. 189 Bond..put on all the speed he could, crouching low and jinking occasionally to spoil the man's aim. 1969G. Macbeth War Quartet 35 Untailed, I jinked, Flipped over in a half-roll. 1973Times 1 Jan. 17/2 Hales scored two tries, but I only saw the first of them, and a good one it was as he jinked inside his man.
3. trans. To elude or escape by dodging; to dodge. Cf. jouk v.2 3.
a1774Fergusson Hame Content Poems (1788) ii. 107 There the herds can jink the show'rs 'Mang thriving vines an' myrtle bow'rs. 1889R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 180 In such a way as to cause him to jink his pursuers.
4. To trick, cheat, diddle, swindle.
1785R. Forbes Poems Buchan Dial., Ulysses Answ. Ajax 15 For Jove did jink Arcesius. 1832M. Scott in Blackw. Mag. XXXII. 22 The gipsy, after all, jinked an old rich goutified coffee-planter. 1885J. Runciman Skippers & Sh. 146 When they find he means to jink them.
5. intr. (Cards.) To win a game of spoil-five or forty-five by taking all the tricks in one hand.
1887Standard Hoyle 221 (Spoil-five), Sometimes spoils are dispensed with altogether, and the game is made a fixed number (either twenty-five or forty-five),..at Twenty-five or Forty-five who wins all five tricks wins the game. This is called jinking it. Properly the jink belongs only to these games, but sometimes by agreement jinking is allowed at Spoil-five.
▪ IV. jink, v.2|dʒɪŋk|
[Cf. chink v.3]
trans. and intr. To chink; to make, or cause to make, a short metallic sound. Hence jinking vbl. n.
1828Craven Dial., Jink, to chink or jingle. 1848Fraser's Mag. XXXVIII. 83 A dog barked, and jinked his chain upon the stones. 1888Amélie Rives Quick or Dead? (1889) 20 An old spinet..from which Miss Fridiswig used to coax forth ghastly jinkings (this spinet could not utter anything so liquid as a jingle). 1898[see jink n.2]. |