gink
/ɡɪŋk/
gink noun: a guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof.
Noun
gink (plural ginks)
- A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof.
- You know, I've always thought that the best man in the world is hardly good enough for any woman. But when it comes to the best girl in all the universe caring for an ordinary gink like me, well, you'll have to let me get used to it.1913 November 4, Harry Truman, “Letter from Harry S. Truman to Bess Wallace, November 4, 1913”, in Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2020, page 1
- […]so if any of you ginks are me frien's yeh better keep outen here so's yeh won't get hurted[…]1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC
Examples of gink in a sentence
- Don't see a movie in it myself, but those Hollywood ginks will take anything.1931, Grace Hegger Lewis, Half a Loaf, page 189:
- You ginks are a bloody disgrace to the human race!1973, Richard Cowper, Clone, Doubleday, page 33:
- The summer ginks come down here in June.1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws:
- The silent spotty gink of the first year had been transformed into someone admired and imitated and Adrian wasn't sure how much he liked it.1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 16:
Synonyms of gink
Forms of gink
| plural | ginks |
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Origin of gink
Unknown but possibly from similar senses of kink or geck. Cf. geek.
Words that rhyme with gink
Questions about gink
- What does gink mean?
- Gink means a guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof.
- How do you use gink in a sentence?
- Don't see a movie in it myself, but those Hollywood ginks will take anything.
- What part of speech is gink?
- Gink is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gink?
- Gink is pronounced /ɡɪŋk/.
- What is the plural of gink?
- The plural of gink is ginks.
Words near gink in the dictionary
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