jinking

verb

present participle of jink
as in weaving
to move suddenly aside or to and fro jinking here and there with remarkable agility, the thieving urchin frustrated all attempts to catch him

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinking
  1. weaving
  2. ducking
  3. dodging
  4. zigzagging
Verb
  • By weaving lasercomm links across space, airborne and terrestrial nodes alongside existing fiber and RF, leaders create self-healing mesh networks that guarantee mission-critical throughput even when primary links are severed or jammed.
    — Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Born and raised in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, Duplan grew up around music culture, weaving it into his own narrative.
    — William Jones, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of weaving
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Cooper is in Palm Springs, ducking the Better Business Bureau and reluctantly participating in his daughter’s documentary about his upbringing.
    — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • And who will have to settle for simply drinking out of a coconut or ducking under stuff?
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of ducking
Verb
  • Coding a malicious program that steals private data while dodging detection by antivirus tools is hard.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In the mid-70s, Stallone was a struggling actor, only landing gigs in shady erotic movies and dodging ever-piling bills, made even more pressing by the upcoming arrival of his first child.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of dodging
Verb
  • Notable among the findings is a road at least ¾ of a mile long with features, including a zigzagging route, characteristic of Inca construction.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of them have been used as the language of the brand’s environmental design, with sculptures of towering trunks zigzagging up their five-story atrium.
    — Lauren Sinclair, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of zigzagging
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“Jinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinking. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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