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hink

/hɪŋk/

hink noun: a reaping hook.

Noun

hink (plural hinks)

  1. (obsolete) A reaping hook.
    • The farmer reached into his shed and retrieved an old hink to cut down the overgrown weeds.
    • Historical re-enactors demonstrated how a hink was traditionally used during harvest season.

Verb

hink (third-person singular simple present hinks, present participle hinking, simple past and past participle hinked)

  1. (intransitive) To think optimistically.

Proper noun capitalized: Hink

Hink (plural Hinks)

  1. A surname.

Forms of hink

Noun
pluralhinks
Verb
third-person singular presenthinks
present participlehinking
past participlehinked
pasthinked
Proper noun
pluralHinks

Phrases with hink

Words that rhyme with hink

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Questions about hink

What does hink mean?
Hink means a reaping hook.
What part of speech is hink?
Hink can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hink?
Hink is pronounced /hɪŋk/.
What is the plural of hink?
The plural of hink is hinks.

Words near hink in the dictionary

  1. Hingstons
  2. Hingyon
  3. Hinigaran
  4. Hinjew
  5. Hinjews
  6. hink
  7. hink pink
  8. hink pinks
  9. Hinkel
  10. Hinkels
  11. hinkie pinkie

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