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Dink   /dɪŋk/   Listen
Dink

noun
1.
A couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids).
2.
A soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net.  Synonym: drop shot.





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"Dink" Quotes from Famous Books



... portraitures of American country life and character. The drawing is wonderfully accurate, and as spirited as it is true. The constable, Sellick, is an original character, and as minor figures where will we find anything better than Miss Wansey, and Mr. P. Pipkin, Esq. The picture of Mr. Dink's school, too, is capital, and where else in fiction is there a better nick-name than that the boys gave to poor little Stephen Treadwell, "Step Hen," as he himself pronounced his name in an unfortunate moment ...
— Elam Storm, The Wolfer - The Lost Nugget • Harry Castlemon
... is not money. My Brita iss born, and little Jan, and I dink alvay, 'I must haf home vere dey may know more;' and all de days it iss America dat dey say iss home for all, and much money—so much no man can be hungry, and vork iss for all. Brita iss ready, and soon ve come, and all de children glad. Yes, dere are six, and good children dat lofe us, and ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 • Various


Words linked to "Dink" :   acronym, couple, mates, return, match


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