bink
bink noun: a bench.
Noun (1)
bink (plural binks)
- A bench.
- He bouns him to the house, An' sits him doon upo' the bink, An' plaits a theet, or mends a mink, To sair an aifter use .1877, William Alexander, “Domestic Industries and Out-door Labour”, in Notes and Sketches Illustrative of Northern Rural Life in the Eighteenth Century, page 144
- In comes the tod (fox) whiskin, whiskin, an he sits doon o' the green bink.1885, “The Lion, The Leper, and the Tod”, in The Folk-lore Journal - Volume 3, page 269
- A table or similar surface for laying out items.
- According to the most painstaking among our etymologist, the name was first conferred upon one who, in his attendance upon weddings and other convivial occasions, rendered himself so agreeable to the company by his skill in whistling, that he was allowed to sit at the bink, or board , and partake...1832, “Whistle-binkie: a Collection of Comic and Sentimental Songs”, in Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, and Sciences, page 501
- In front of the entrance to Alexander's booth there used to stand "a stane bink" which was employed "for outsetting of stands affore the buith."1891, Alexander Maxwell, Old Dundee, page 193
- A sideboard or shelf unit for holding dishes.
- We have it in a manuscript; the good-man keeps it, as we think, Behind a dish, upon the bink.1684, John Colvil., “Mock Poem”, in The Teares of the Muses
- The bink took the place of the modern dresser , and on it were arranged the bowls and tinnies for family use, while underneath were placed the pails, pots, and other cooking utensils.1911, Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland,- Volume 4
- A mountain ledge.
- Up thro' the cleughs, where bink on bink was set, Scrambling wi' hands and feet she taks the gate,1842, Alexander Ross, Helenore; or, The fortunate shepherdess, page 17
- We peer over the edge—it is far more pleasant to kneel down on one knee and steady oneself with one hand, besides being safer, in the event of the edge being rotten or should a wind be blowing—we peer over the edge, and see the fox run lightly along a slightly projecting crag, from which with a...1902, Claude Ernest Benson, Crag and Hound in Lakeland, page 240
- A long cut in peat moss, marking a section from which blocks of peat are cut.
- They carry on the section, or the bink as they term it, of a convenient depth for easier cutting, frequently using the moss of least value above, and leaving that which is of much greater value.1811, William Aiton, A Treatise on the Origin, Qualities, and Cultivation of Moss-earth, page 145
- We go on in this manner until the bink is out, that is, taken out down to the level of last year's hole. Bink after bink is excavated until the whole block that was turred is removed, and now as the most valuable part is under our feet we have to commence to "sink."1892, “Peat, Its Use and Value for Fuel”, in Report of the Bureau of Mines - Volumes 1-4, page 188
- A hive.
- This splendid attire, however, saves them not from being rudely handled; and we remember the day when an artificial bink, that is , a little box made of clay , with a piece of glass at one end , and a sprinkling of sugar at the other , contained as many captives in proportion to its size as the...1840, James Duncan, The Natural History of Bees, page 240
- Just that –no that I'm sure that there are ony honey-bees in Arthur's seat, but there's plenty of bum-bees, and aiblins a wasp bink. "1856, Archibald Boyd, The Crown Ward - Volume 3, page 143
Verb (1)
bink (third-person singular simple present binks, present participle binking, simple past and past participle binked)
- To shelter or become trapped on a ledge or crag.
- On June 2nd, the last day of this season, Bowman spent six hours extricating as many hounds who had got themselves binked on Catle Crag in Mardale.1902, A. G. Bradley, “Fox-hunting in the Lake Country”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 86, page 196
- We peer over the edge—it is far more pleasant to kneel down on one knee and steady oneself with one hand, besides being safer, in the event of the edge being rotten or should a wind be blowing—we peer over the edge, and see the fox run lightly along a slightly projecting crag, from which with a...1902, Claude Ernest Benson, Crag and Hound in Lakeland, page 240
- To cut a bink in peat moss.
- On June last he caused his servants cast a number of "peittis for elding unto his hous in the mosse of belonging to him heritablie, and they having binked the same and left thame in the mosse , " returned home to their master's house at night .1900, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland - Volume 2, page 516
Noun (2)
bink (plural binks)
- A pacifier.
- Even though we don't agree with the practice of the use of the bink in our house, Gideon was an exception.2011, Harrison Briner, Loni Briner, 13 Days With Gideon, page 18
- Of course, we create the problem to begin with by offering a bink to newborn babies.2018, Justin Lind-Ayres, Is That Poop on My Arm?: Parenting While Christian, page 86
Noun (3)
bink (plural binks)
- A musical, percussive noise; plink.
- The knob turned—.bink, bink, bink, on the treble keys .1930, Richard Connell, “Pardon this Intrusion”, in Collier's, volume 86, page 12
- I was looking at the rack to wee what cam I could pop in when I heard this "bink! " sound , and I looked up and saw big loops of the rope falling toward me.2000, Accidents in North American Mountaineering, page 49
Verb (2)
bink (third-person singular simple present binks, present participle binking, simple past and past participle binked)
- To make a bink noise.
- My tinny typing binked.2001, Geoff Cochrane, Acetylene, page 13
- From the palm of her hand, Farah's iPhone binked and chirped once every minute or so with calls or text messages, but she was ignoring them.2011, Rod Kierkegaard, Vicki Keire, The Department of Magic
- To poke lightly.
- It didn't hurt, not at all, but at that moment, as that ballpoint binked my chest, something binked inside my head.2005, David Gessner, Sick of Nature, page 89
- Carmen gave her a toothy grin and binked her on the nose with a forefinger.2014, Hannah Alexander, Collateral Damage, page 188
- To win, especially a substantial amount due to luck.
Examples of bink in a sentence
- Sitting here in the park bink, Alane - yet no aa that alane.1987, Alexander Scott, Voices of Our Kind: An Anthology of Modern Scottish Poetry, page 64:
- His wife may ay sit foremost doun, At either buird or bink, Gang foremost in at door or yett, And ay the first guid-day wald get, With all men honourit and weel-tret As ony heart wald think.1908, Frederick William Watkeys, Old Edinburgh, page 234:
- Without a stick a man would climb down sideways from bink to bink.1902, Claude Ernest Benson ·, Crag and Hound in Lakeland, page 18:
- There was a man did that up on that bink, a hundred years or more ago, two hundred more like, for there was no gun in Nardale then.1911, Abraham Wren Rumney, The Dalesman, page 127:
Forms of bink
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | binks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | binks |
| present participle | binking |
| past participle | binked |
| past | binked |
Origin of bink
From Middle English bink, binke, variants of Middle English benk, benke, from Old English benc (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. More at bench.
Clipping of binky.
Onomatopoeia
Words that rhyme with bink
Questions about bink
- What does bink mean?
- Bink means a bench.
- How do you use bink in a sentence?
- Sitting here in the park bink, Alane - yet no aa that alane.
- What part of speech is bink?
- Bink can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of bink?
- The plural of bink is binks.
Words near bink in the dictionary
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