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dink

1  [dingk]
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–noun
dinghy.
Origin:
1900–05; by apocope and devoicing

dink

2  [dingk]
–noun
Tennis, Volleyball. a softly hit ball that falls just over the net.
Origin:
1935–40; imit., prob. influenced by dinky

dink

3  [dingk]
–noun Slang: Disparaging.
an Asian, esp. a Vietnamese.
Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; cf. Australian slang dink Chinese person; perh. back formation from dinky, reinforced by rhyme with Chink

dink

4  [dingk]
–noun
Informal. either partner of a married couple having two incomes and no children.
Origin:
1985–90; d(ouble) i(ncome), n(o) k(ids)
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dink 1   (dĭngk)   
n.   Sports
A drop shot.

[From dink, sound of a weakly hit or dropped ball.]
dink 2   (dĭngk)   
n.   Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a North Vietnamese soldier or guerrilla in the Vietnam War.

[Origin unknown.]
DINK or dink   (dĭnk)   
n.  
  1. A two-career couple with no children.
  2. A member of such a couple.

[D(ual) I(ncome) N(o) K(ids).]
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Dink

Dink\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Trim; neat. [Scot.] --Burns. -- Dink"ly, adv.

Dink

Dink\, v. t. To deck; -- often with out or up. [Scot.]
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dink

/dink/ adj. Said of a machine that has the bitty box nature; a machine too small to be worth bothering with -- sometimes the system you're currently forced to work on. First heard from an MIT hacker working on a CP/M system with 64K, in reference to any 6502 system, then from fans of 32-bit architectures about 16-bit machines. "GNUMACS will never work on that dink machine." Probably derived from mainstream `dinky', which isn't sufficiently pejorative. See macdink.
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dink
/dink/ Said of a machine that has the bitty box nature; a machine too small to be worth bothering with - sometimes the system you're currently forced to work on. First heard from an MIT hacker working on a CP/M system with 64K, in reference to any 6502 system, then from fans of 32 bit architectures about 16-bit machines. "GNUMACS will never work on that dink machine." Probably derived from mainstream "dinky", which isn't sufficiently pejorative.
See macdink.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-10-31)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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DINK
double income, no kids
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