dinks

Noun (1)

dink (plural dinks)

1. A soft drop shot.
   • But what I saw is she still has that sense of, ‘Okay, I need to hit a dink shot, I need to come with power now, I need to change up my serve not for a flat one, but a big kick.’2018 February 12, Ava Wallace, “New mother Serena Williams returns to tennis, with a little rust and plenty to learn”, in Washington Post
2. A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.
3. A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
   • The forward passed to Fernandes and, as Pau López advanced, the Portuguese fashioned a sand‑wedge dink over the goalkeeper.2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian

Noun (2)

dink (plural dinks)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.
   • I gave him a dink on my bike.

Noun (3)

dink (plural dinks)

1. (US, dated, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A Vietnamese person.
   • Our job was to go out on night patrols and stay behind to zap any dinks we caught sneaking back to their holes at dawn.1989, Craig Roberts, Charles W. Sasser, The Walking Dead: A Marine's Story of Vietnam, page 197

   Synonyms:

   gook

Noun (4)

dink (uncountable)

1. (Australia, Northern England) Hard work, especially one's share of a task.

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