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spinked

spinked is the simple past and past participle of spink.

Meaning of spink

Verb

spink (third-person singular simple present spinks, present participle spinking, simple past and past participle spinked)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon, especially chaffinchs and blackbirds) To call or vocalize.
    • The Chaffinches ‘‘spinked” as though its presence was not required, but it seemed to be feeding on insects only.1907 September, O. V. Aplin, “Notes on the Ornithology of Oxfordshire, 1905–1906”, in The Zoologist, volume XI, number 795, page 323

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Questions about spinked

What is spinked the simple past and past participle of?
Spinked is the simple past and past participle of spink.

Words near spinked in the dictionary

  1. spinitis
  2. spinitriches
  3. spinitrix
  4. spink
  5. Spink County
  6. spinked
  7. Spinkhill
  8. spinking
  9. spinks
  10. spinless
  11. spinlessness

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