Dink

Dink

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Dink may refer to:

  • Shrinky Dink, children's toy/activity kit

Entertainment

  • Dink Meeker, a character in the Ender's Game series of books by Orson Scott Card

Film

  • Dink (James Bond), a woman in the James Bond film Goldfinger
  • Dinks, group of munchkin-like characters in red robes in the 1987 movie Spaceballs

Music

  • Dink (band), an American industrial rock band
  • Rinky Dink, a 1962 instrumental hit by Dave "Baby" Cortez

Television

  • Dink, the Little Dinosaur, a children's animated series broadcast in the United States in the 1980s
  • Dink Smallwood, the name of a PC RPG made in 1997 and is also the name of the main character
  • Winky Dink and You, a CBS television children's show that aired from 1953 to 1957, on Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m./9:30 central hosted by Jack Barry
  • Mr. Dink, a character on the Nickelodeon television series Doug
Dinking some one else on a bike

Applications

  • Dink (iPhone application), an iPhone application for creating and sharing short animations

People

  • Dink O'Brien (1894–1971), professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies
  • Dink Johnson (1892–1954), dixieland jazz pianist, clarinetist, and drummer
  • Dink Widenhouse (born 1932), retired NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) driver
  • Arat Dink (born 1979), Turkish journalist
  • Hrant Dink (1954–2007), Turkish-Armenian editor and journalist
  • Claude Giroux (wrestler) (born 1956), midget wrestler who used the ring name Dink

Slang

  • A hypocorism for the given name Dennis
  • Military slang for a recruit in training, "Desperately In Need of Knowledge"
  • An acronym for a couple living together, "Dual Income, No Kids"

Sports

  • In volleyball: tapping the ball just barely over the net after faking a spike
  • In ice fishing: a very small fish that takes up lots of time without results
  • In tennis: a soft drop shot
  • In soccer: chip the ball lightly

See also

  • Dinky (disambiguation)

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  • Dink — ist der Name folgender Personen: Hrant Dink (1954 2007), armenischer Journalist Dink ist der Name folgender Orte: ein Dorf in Bulgarien DINK ist die Abkürzung für: Double Income, no Kids (engl. für „kinderlose Doppelverdiener“ bzw. double income… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • dink|y — «DIHNG kee», adjective, dink|i|er, dink|i|est, noun, plural dink|ies. Informal. –adj. 1. small and insignificant: »Do you expect me to live in this dinky town? …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dink — Dink, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Trim; neat. [Scot.] Burns. {Dink ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dink — dink·er; dink·ey; dink; …   English syllables

  • dink — dink, v. t. To deck; often with out or up. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dink — dink, n. (Tennis) a ball hit softly that falls to the ground just beyond the net. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dink — dink, n. an Asian person, especially a Vietnamese; used contemptuously, considered disparaging and offensive. [U.S. slang] Syn: slant, slope. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • DINK — [diŋk] n. [d(ouble) i(ncome) n(o) k(ids)] Informal either of two people joined as a married couple who have two incomes and no children: also written dink …   English World dictionary

  • dink — dink1 [diŋk] n. DROP SHOT (sense 2) adj. Baseball of a hit made as a result of striking the ball poorly [a dink double] dink2 [diŋk] n. Slang a fool, jerk, etc. dink3 [diŋk] n. [Slang, Chiefly Mil.] a person born in Southeast Asia, esp. Vietnam,… …   English World dictionary

  • DINK — UK US /dɪŋk/ noun [C] (also dinky) INFORMAL MARKETING ► ABBREVIATION for double/dual income no kids: used to refer to either one of a couple who both have jobs and who have no children: »Luxury goods are marketed to DINKs, who are more likely to… …   Financial and business terms

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