dink

4 definitions • 8 examples

to hit a ball gently and accurately:

The midfielder then dinked a shot over the diving goalie and into the net.

He ran at the ball at high speed and then tried to dink it over the line.

The middle hitter dinked the ball behind the blockers.

a gentle and accurate hit of a ball:

Both players only bothered to approach the net when the other played a little dink.

At match point, she finessed a perfect dink across the net.

abbreviation for double (or dual) income no kids: a member of a couple in which both partners earn money and have no children:

DINKS are often the target of marketing for luxury items such as expensive cars and vacations.

Most of my friends are single or DINK couples who do not live with their parents.

abbreviation for double/dual income no kids: used to refer to either one of a couple who both have jobs and who have no children:

Luxury goods are marketed to DINKs, who are more likely to have the disposable income needed.