as in nerd
a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
in those days a dink had a better chance of winning the lottery than of dating a cheerleader
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Recent Examples of dink
But this year the offense became a dink and dunk unit, getting the ball out the quarterback’s hand quickly.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
Is Tua’s hip injury reason for dink-and-dunk offense?
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
The first was a clever dink over Dean Henderson, the second was struck cleanly across the goalkeeper, and Jesus then sent him the wrong way after running half the length of the pitch for the third.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Levity guessed the dink contains 1,687 calories.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
Is Tua’s hip injury reason for dink-and-dunk offense?
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
The first was a clever dink over Dean Henderson, the second was struck cleanly across the goalkeeper, and Jesus then sent him the wrong way after running half the length of the pitch for the third.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Levity guessed the dink contains 1,687 calories.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dink
Noun
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Luck is the scion of the football program, a lovable nerd who happened to be the best quarterback in football, aka the perfect Stanford athletics niche: smart and good.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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This is also a great game for nerd families to get together and play for an adventure or two after dinner but before bed.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s a noticeable pride Morot takes in touring me around his geek’s paradise: a two-level office crammed with shelves of scowling latex heads, furry creatures and a pair of giant gators overlooking it all.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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There were kind of two tracks at the time: There was Das Keyboard, aimed toward the more professional programmers and the geeks, and then the gaming keyboards.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
10 May 2025
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Some also feature country sausage, diced weenies, and chicharrones stewed in luscious salsas.—
Edmund Tijerina,
Bon Appétit,
27 Feb. 2025
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One thing that is the same is the steak dinner for the winners and beanie weenies for the losers.—
Kennington Smith III,
The Athletic,
15 Apr. 2024
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“Dink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dink. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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