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dinky
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??ki/
- Rhymes: -??ki
Etymology 1
1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; +? -y.
Adjective
dinky (comparative dinkier, superlative dinkiest)
- (informal, Britain) Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
- 1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of the Island, ch. 11
- How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky.
- 1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of the Island, ch. 11
- (informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.
- They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:tiny
Translations
Etymology 2
cf. DINK
Noun
dinky (plural dinkies)
- A person in a relationship with double income and no kids
Anagrams
- kindy
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cramped
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?æmpt/
Verb
cramped
- simple past tense and past participle of cramp
Adjective
cramped (comparative more cramped, superlative most cramped)
- Uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- Overcrowded or congested.
- Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
- Illegible.
Translations
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- what causes cramped toes
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