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
England were flowing for the first time all tournament — and when Phil Foden’s feet moved quicker than a ball inside a rattle, his dink over Bart Verbruggen looked to be heading goalwards.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
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.
—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
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The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dink
Noun
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This tournament could be heaven for hockey nerds who have been starved for best-on-best at this level.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2025
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From jocks to nerds, cheerleaders to shy kids, Dazed captures the universality of being a young person on the cusp of truly entering the world, whether you're actualized or not.—
Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The two central characters, a mild bespectacled middle-school geek named Hal and his hateful abusive bully of a twin brother, Bill (both are played by Christian Convery), discover the monkey sealed away in a round box.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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As a lifelong geek, many of my favorite presents have been things that plug in.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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 22 Feb. 2025.
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