Dink

Quick meaning: Dink is a noun meaning (tennis) A soft drop shot.

Meaning

(tennis) A soft drop shot.

More Meanings

1. (pickleball) A soft drop shot played at or near the non-volley zone.
2. (soccer) A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
3. (tennis) To play a soft drop shot.
4. (pickleball) To play a soft drop shot at or near the non-volley zone.
5. (cricket) To strike the ball gently.
6. (soccer) To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.
7. (video games, slang, transitive) To land a non-lethal headshot on.

Example Sentences

I gave him a dink on my bike.

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

I didn't like them at all ; only the lame one who used to let me dink him home on his bicycle.

Our job was to go out on night patrols and stay behind to zap any dinks we caught sneaking back to their holes at dawn.

Word Forms

• dinks
• dinking
• dinked

Synonyms for dink

Depending on context, synonyms include goosh, gook.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hinky, beanie, dinker, dinkiness, drib, dewdrop.

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