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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And now, Survivor stat nerds are left in a conundrum.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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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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For those seeking a more professional edge, the Tormek T1 is gaining attention among knife geeks.David Hochman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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If Halloween brings out the freaks, Red October brings out the sports geeks.Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
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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 Nov. 2024.
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