| Dink | a. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Trim; neat. [ Scot. ] Burns. -- Dink"ly, adv. [1913 Webster] |
| dink | v. t. To deck; -- often with out or up. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| dink | n. [ ca. 1985, acronym from double income no kids. ] either of a married couple who both are employed and have no children. The term is often used as the prototype of midde-class persons with higher-than-average disposable income. [ PJC ] |
| dink | n. (Tennis) a ball hit softly that falls to the ground just beyond the net. [ PJC ] |
| dink | n. an Asian person, especially a Vietnamese; -- used contemptuously, considered disparaging and offensive. [ U.S. slang ]
Syn. -- slant, slope. [ PJC ] |
| Dinka | prop. n. a Nilotic language. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| dinky | adj. 1. small and insignificant; shabby or unimpressive; as, he drove to work in a dinky old Volkswagen; we stayed in a dinky little hotel. [ informal ] [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. pretty and neat; fashionable or well-dressed; as, what a dinky little hat. [ British informal ] [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
