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
No commitment or consistency in the run game, a lot of dink dink passes with no real commitment to the long game.
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Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
In pickleball, there is a shot called the dink.
—Caira Conner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2022
One of the game’s biggest weapons is a soft knuckler that barely clears the net and is known as the dink.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
Dink and dunk and dink some more.
—Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2021
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Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
In pickleball, there is a shot called the dink.
—Caira Conner, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2022
One of the game’s biggest weapons is a soft knuckler that barely clears the net and is known as the dink.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
Dink and dunk and dink some more.
—Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dink
Noun
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In the past decade my nerd self has taken the wheel and is now driving my career.SPIN Staff, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2024
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And now, Survivor stat nerds are left in a conundrum.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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His new visual guide to the Marvel Universe is packed with colorful infographics and trivia designed for both hardcore comics geeks and casual fans alike.EW Staff, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Louie’s patients include a doctor, a rabbi, a tech geek and a drug dealer, and all of them are recurring characters in the series.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 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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Prior to the men’s competition, Miki Sudo won the women’s title, scarfing down a record-setting 51 weenies in 10 minutes, besting her year-ago victory by 11-and-a-half weenies.Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 July 2024
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“Dink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dink. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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