dink1
/dɪŋk
/noun
Another term for dinky2.
Rhymes
dink2
/dɪŋk/noun
(In sport) a softly struck hit or kick of the ball that drops abruptly to the ground: a brilliantly controlled backhand dink over the net...
- Cowie sent the ball in and a neat dink by Ferguson left Gethins with ample time to strike the net.
- And then there was Munster's inability to cope with the dinks and kicks through by Duncan McRae and Henry Paul which eventually proved their undoing.
- An enterprising dink by Ronan O'Gara set up the attack but even then they depended on an All Black fumble to keep the attack alive.
verb [with object]
Hit or kick (the ball) softly so that it drops abruptly to the ground: he dinked a shot over the net to take the second set 7-5...
- The ever-smiling genius bamboozled the defender before dinking a lovely ball through to Roberto Carlos, who blasted straight at the keeper from 10 yards.
- After a slightly wayward tee shot which lands on the edge of the trees, Woods takes no chances, dinking the ball out on to the fairway for a chip over the water to the green.
- Brilliant footwork by Kanu enables him to dink a clever ball from halfway in the general direction of Wiltord and Ljungberg.
Origin
1930s (originally a North American usage): symbolic of the light action.
dink3
/dɪŋk/Australian
noun
A lift on a bicycle: you will have to give him a dink on the handlebars
verb (also double-dink)
Carry a passenger on a bicycle: [with object]: I dinked him down the path to the main gate [no object]: when nobody was watching they would double-dink
Origin
1930s: origin unknown.
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