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hinks

hinks is the plural of hink.

Meaning of hink

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.

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Proper noun capitalized: Hinks

Hinks

  1. (plural) plural of Hink
  2. A surname.

Questions about hinks

What does hinks mean?
Hinks means a surname.
What is hinks the plural of?
Hinks is the plural of hink.
What part of speech is hinks?
Hinks is a proper noun.

Words near hinks in the dictionary

  1. Hinkle
  2. Hinkles
  3. Hinkley
  4. Hinkley Point
  5. Hinkleys
  6. hinks
  7. Hinksey
  8. Hinkson
  9. Hinksons
  10. hinkumbooby
  11. hinky

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hinks (page history and authors); Hinks (page history and authors); hink (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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