as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
in those days a dink had a better chance of winning the lottery than of dating a cheerleader
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Recent Examples of dink
Waters, playing the left, frequently attacked cross-court dinks with a two-handed drive that (as the announcers said) only Waters has the skill to hit in the women’s game.
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Todd Boss, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
The number of QBs making plays with their legs or the amount of dink and dunk passing might be shocking to a fan who time traveled from the 1970s and stumbled into an NFL stadium in 2024.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2024
The grip is spongy and tacky, perfect for those especially sweaty days, and the large sweet spot gives you more confidence to hit power shots or short dinks.
—Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
Mayden seemed surgical in a tight passing-game plan from offensive coordinator Ryan Lindley — dink, dunk, screen, patiently wait for deeper holes in the defense — but coughed up two massive fumbles Friday in a 34-31 loss to Boise State at Snapdragon Stadium.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
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Todd Boss, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
The number of QBs making plays with their legs or the amount of dink and dunk passing might be shocking to a fan who time traveled from the 1970s and stumbled into an NFL stadium in 2024.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2024
The grip is spongy and tacky, perfect for those especially sweaty days, and the large sweet spot gives you more confidence to hit power shots or short dinks.
—Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
Mayden seemed surgical in a tight passing-game plan from offensive coordinator Ryan Lindley — dink, dunk, screen, patiently wait for deeper holes in the defense — but coughed up two massive fumbles Friday in a 34-31 loss to Boise State at Snapdragon Stadium.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dink
Noun
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Others geek out over Velma, the glasses-wearing, hypothesis-sharing nerd from Scooby Doo.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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As the pandemic raged, the lawsuit hardly registered outside the small world of nerds obsessed with copyright rules.Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
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Take a day trip to Saba and the World’s Shortest Commercial Runway Another bucket-list destination for aviation geeks is Saba, the Dutch Caribbean island just a 12-minute flight from Sint Maarten.Johanna Read, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Airbus High-tech planes taking off next year Airbus’s newest plane will shake up route maps around the world Aviation geeks have been following the launch of Airbus’s new A321XLR plane with bated breath.Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2024
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One thing that is the same is the steak dinner for the winners and beanie weenies for the losers.Kennington Smith III, The Athletic, 15 Apr. 2024
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How that might make some progressive weenies feel nervous?Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Dink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dink. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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