'DINK' definitions:
Definition of 'DINK'
(from WordNet)
noun
A couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
noun
A soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net [syn: drop shot, dink]
Definition of 'Dink'
From: GCIDE
- Dink \Dink\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Trim; neat. [Scot.] --Burns. -- {Dink"ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dink'
From: GCIDE
- dink \dink\, v. t. To deck; -- often with out or up. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dink'
From: GCIDE
- dink \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]
Definition of 'dink'
From: GCIDE
- dink \dink\, n. (Tennis) a ball hit softly that falls to the ground just beyond the net. [PJC]
Definition of 'dink'
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- dink \dink\, n. an Asian person, especially a Vietnamese; -- used contemptuously, considered disparaging and offensive. [U.S. slang]
- Syn: slant, slope. [PJC]