often all capitalized
: a couple with two incomes and no children
also
: a member of such a couple
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Noun (3)
in those days a dink had a better chance of winning the lottery than of dating a cheerleader
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
The damage: Four runs, all unearned, three dink hits, three walks, two errors and two wild pitches.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The first was a clever dink over Dean Henderson, the second was struck cleanly across the goalkeeper, and Jesus then sent him the wrong way after running half the length of the pitch for the third.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
The rope goes in front of that goes between their dink and their nuts.
—Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
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Noun
As for Dinko — which was named after one of the most important shots in pickleball, the dink — the idea for the complex was the brainchild of Maria Sarmiento, 55, and Alonso, 48.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
The damage: Four runs, all unearned, three dink hits, three walks, two errors and two wild pitches.
—Chuck Murr, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The first was a clever dink over Dean Henderson, the second was struck cleanly across the goalkeeper, and Jesus then sent him the wrong way after running half the length of the pitch for the third.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
The rope goes in front of that goes between their dink and their nuts.
—Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Dink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dink. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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