dinking

Verb (1)

dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked)

1. To play a soft drop shot.
2. To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.
3. To strike the ball gently.
4. To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.
   • The forward dinked the ball over the goalkeeper to score his first goal of the season.
5. (slang, transitive) To land a non-lethal headshot on.

   Synonyms:

   goosh

Verb (2)

dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked)

1. (Australia, colloquial) To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.
   • I didn't like them at all ; only the lame one who used to let me dink him home on his bicycle.1947, John Lehmann, editor, The Penguin New Writing, number 30, page 103

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