yoinks

yoinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yoink.

yoinks is the plural of yoink.

Meaning of yoink

yoink (third-person singular simple present yoinks, present participle yoinking, simple past and past participle yoinked)

(onomatopoeic) To make an oinking sound.
- Outside in the fog and the damp and cool air, common to County Cavan, he strode briskly along the road and when he arrived Cummings was already out and busy and the pigs—a big drove of them—were yoinking for their feed.1956, H. Minar Shoebotham, Anaconda: Life of Marcus Daly, the Copper King, Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole, p 2
(colloquial) To hop or bounce.
- Carl Solomon yoinking around so frenziedly on a pogo stick that one night he put the end of it right through the floor into the restaurant below -- and all their girls, and their friends' girls, and their friends' friends, and even nameless others who may have just heard the hubbub and walkin in...2013, Phil Ford, Dig: Sound and Music in Hip Culture, →ISBN, page 62
nonce word for an action that impacts on something, especially if it is sudden.
- All of the clout is upstairs, yoinking around with meetings and that.2012, Chris Bunch, Star Risk, LTD., →ISBN
(slang) To kill.
- I'll be going along, doing my starving-writer thing, free from the shackles of 'The Tube'; and, suddenly, my inspiration will die. Just gone, yoinked like a plug.2013, Aaron Garrison, Synchronicity: One Man's Experience, →ISBN, page 123

yoink (third-person singular simple present yoinks, present participle yoinking, simple past and past participle yoinked)

(colloquial) To yank or snatch.
- I'm sure that there is pinching, punching, eye gouging, yoinking, hair pulling and who knows what else underneath where eyes can't follow, but he comes out and hands the referee the ball and hits the line again.2010, Sandy Burgess Livermore, Stealing Home, →ISBN
(colloquial) To steal.
- At the far end of the Shrine stands the Coronation Chair, built for Edward I; the shelf below the seat was made to house the Scottish Stone of Scone, which the sticky-fingered Edward yoinked in 1296 ...2002, Let's Go Inc., Let's Go 2003: Britain & Ireland, page 111

yoinks

A long but unspecified period of time; yonks
- "That was on in Glasgow yoinks ago," sneered Bobby.1992, Frank Rodgers, The Drowning Boy, page 21
- The British Post Office have used the metric system for yoinks.2000 February 14, Mike Barnes, “the sign #”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet)

Used for emphasis to express strong emotion
- Yoinks. I braced myself for the worst, my brain already screaming for coffee. "We've had a discussion, and we thought we should tell you something.” Cancer? Bankruptcy? Double yoinks. "What's wrong?”2010, Douglas Coupland, Generation A, →ISBN, page 12
- “Yoinks, the first mystery I've ever actually wanted to solve and this is the one you guys pick not to wrap up within a half hour.2011, Grant Guimont, Hot Wings & Rug Burns, →ISBN

What does yoinks mean?: Yoinks means a long but unspecified period of time; yonks.
What is yoinks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?: Yoinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yoink.
What part of speech is yoinks?: Yoinks can be a noun or an interjection.

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