shink

Verb (1)

shink (third-person singular simple present shinks, present participle shinking, simple past and past participle shinked)

1. To pour or serve wine or beer; to skink.

Interjection

1. The sound of something metal, such as a blade, sliding (along other metal, along a whetstone, etc).
   • The shink of a blade drawn from its scabbard rent the air. The dim light of a wall torch flashed upon the steel. With a lunge in tierce, Riccoboni slashed at the small man by his side. Pasquale groped clumsily at his waist for his own sword[…]2010, Donna Russo Morin, The Secret of the Glass, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 301
   • The men-at-arms knocked their visors down with the edges of their shields, a multiple metallic shink-shink sound, transformed from men to steel figures[…]2016 September 6, S. M. Stirling, The Desert and the Blade, Penguin, →ISBN, page 218
   1. In particular, the sound of a blade sliding into or out of something.
      • SHINK! Maraki's sword impales the demon from behind.2008 03, Christopher Clarke-Milton, Dawn of the Messiah Book1, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 190
      • Knocked off balance from Bell's charge, the cleaver was useless in defense. SHINK! The knife buried itself into the Minotaur's right hand, cutting flesh, bone and tendons alike.2015 August 18, Fujino Omori, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Vol. 3 (light novel), Yen Press LLC, →ISBN

Verb (2)

shink (third-person singular simple present shinks, present participle shinking, simple past and past participle shinked)

1. To slide with the shink sound of metal sliding.