Definition of "dink" in English

noun

1. (tennis) A soft drop shot.

2. (pickleball) A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.

3. (soccer) A light chip; a chipped pass or shot

verb

1. (tennis) To play a soft drop shot.

2. (pickleball) To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.

3. (cricket) To strike the ball gently.

4. (soccer) To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.

   • The forward dinked the ball over the goalkeeper to score his first goal of the season.

5. (video games, slang, transitive) To land a non-lethal headshot on.

noun

1. (Australia, colloquial) A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.

   • I gave him a dink on my bike.

verb

1. (Australia, colloquial) To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.

noun

1. (US, military slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, dated) A Vietnamese person.

noun

1. (US, Australia) Acronym of double income no kids.

adjective

1. (Australia, New Zealand) Honest, fair, true.

2. (Australia, New Zealand) Genuine, proper, fair dinkum.

adverb

1. (Australia, New Zealand) Honestly, truly.

noun

1. (Australia, Northern England) Hard work, especially one's share of a task.

2. (historical, dated) A soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War.

noun

1. (Canada, US, colloquial, slang) The penis.

2. (Canada, US, colloquial, slang) A foolish or contemptible person.

adjective

1. (archaic or dialectal) Finely dressed, elegant; neat.

adjective

1. (US, military) Alternative spelling of dinq.