often all capitalized
: a couple with two incomes and no children
also
: a member of such a couple
Examples of dink in a Sentence
Noun (3)
in those days a dink had a better chance of winning the lottery than of dating a cheerleader
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Ben Morse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
The underground pop of the 2010s used to get so excited about being online, using shrinky-dink artifice to delight in poking fun at a culture that could feel shallow and strange but also organic and endlessly renewable.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
The problem with inconsistent dink-and-dunk football is too much can go wrong, drives breakdown, and that's what losing is all about in the NFL.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Hayden Patriquin at times is a literal sorcerer on the court, hitting impossible half volleys and dinks from angles that are unhittable.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Noun
But as defenses have found ways to slow him down and some of the Kansas City QB’s key contributors have moved on or gotten older, the Chiefs offense has transitioned into more of a dink-and-dunk operation.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
The underground pop of the 2010s used to get so excited about being online, using shrinky-dink artifice to delight in poking fun at a culture that could feel shallow and strange but also organic and endlessly renewable.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025
The problem with inconsistent dink-and-dunk football is too much can go wrong, drives breakdown, and that's what losing is all about in the NFL.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Hayden Patriquin at times is a literal sorcerer on the court, hitting impossible half volleys and dinks from angles that are unhittable.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Dink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dink. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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