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Examples of dink in a Sentence
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
For much of the game, Prescott resorted to a dink-and-dunk passing due to poor pass protection, which led to a career day for Dalton Schultz (nine catches for 89 yards and a TD).
—John Owning, Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2020
Hell, as the Dolphins lived it, was also schemed with dink-and-dunk passes, non-stop and ineffective, until the day is lost.
—Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Oct. 2021
Notre Dame's defense stood tall though, making, Warner dink and dunk his way to 175 yards passing on 20 of 32.
—The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2021
As these numbers show, Dalton not only tends to complete more passes with play-action, but those passes also tend to be farther downfield, which is important for a passer with dink-and-dunk tendencies like him.
—John Owning, Dallas News, 16 Oct. 2020
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Word History
Noun (1)
by shortening & alteration
Noun (2)
dink to hit with a drop shot, probably of imitative origin
Noun (3)
perhaps from dink, disparaging name for a Vietnamese
Noun (4)
double income, no kids
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“Dink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dink. Accessed 25 Sep. 2023.
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