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dino
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?da?no?/
- Rhymes: -a?n??
Noun
dino (plural dinos)
- (informal) dinosaur.
Anagrams
- Dion, Indo-, NOID, Odin, do in, doin, doin', indo, nido-, nodi
Catalan
Verb
dino
- first-person singular present indicative form of dinar
Dutch
Etymology
Likely borrowed from English dino. Equivalent to a clipping of dinosaurus. The term became especially prominent after the release of Jurassic Park in 1993, but predated the film by at least one or two years.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.no?/
- Hyphenation: di?no
- Rhymes: -ino?
Noun
dino m (plural dino's, diminutive dinootje n)
- (informal) A dino, a dinosaur; archosaur of the super-order Dinosauria. [from late 20th c.]
Synonyms
- dinosauriër (formal)
- dinosaurus
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dino/, [?dino?]
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: di?no
Noun
dino
- (informal) dino
Declension
Anagrams
- nido
French
Etymology
From dinosaure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.no/
- Rhymes: -o
- Homophone: dinos
Noun
dino m (plural dinos)
- dino
Related terms
- dinosaure
Javanese
Noun
dino
- Nonstandard spelling of dina.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?di.nu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?d??i.nu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /?d??i.no/
Etymology 1
Adjective
dino m (feminine singular dina, masculine plural dinos, feminine plural dinas, comparable)
- (obsolete or poetic) Alternative form of digno
Etymology 2
Shortening of dinossauro (“dinosaur”).
Noun
dino m (plural dinos)
- (familiar) dinosaur (any of various extinct reptiles belonging to the Dinosauria)
- Synonym: dinossauro
Spanish
Adjective
dino (feminine dina, masculine plural dinos, feminine plural dinas)
- Obsolete spelling of digno
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dink
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s.
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
- (tennis) A soft drop shot.
- (soccer) A light chip; a chipped pass or shot
Translations
Verb
dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked)
- (tennis) To play a soft drop shot.
- (soccer) To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.
- The forward dinked the ball over the goalkeeper to score his first goal of the season.
Etymology 2
Origin unknown. Attested since the 1930s.
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
- (Australia, colloquial) A ride on the crossbar or handlebars of a bicycle.
- I gave him a dink on my bike.
Verb
dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked)
- (Australia, colloquial) To carry someone on a pushbike: behind, on the crossbar or on the handlebar.
- 1947, John Lehmann (editor), The Penguin New Writing, Issue 30, page 103,
- I didn't like them at all ; only the lame one who used to let me dink him home on his bicycle.
- 1947, John Lehmann (editor), The Penguin New Writing, Issue 30, page 103,
Etymology 3
Origin unknown. Attested since the 1960s. Compare Chink, a derogatory term for a Chinese person.
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
- (US, military slang, derogatory, dated) A North Vietnamese soldier.
Etymology 4
Initialism. Originally US. Attested since the 1980s.
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
- (US) Double Income No Kids - a childless couple with two jobs.
Etymology 5
See dinkum.
Adjective
dink
- (Australia, New Zealand) Honest, fair, true.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Genuine, proper, fair dinkum.
Adverb
dink (not comparable)
- (Australia, New Zealand) Honestly, truly.
Noun
dink (uncountable)
- (Australia, Northern England) Hard work, especially one's share of a task.
- (historical, dated) A soldier from Australia or New Zealand, a member of the ANZAC forces during the First World War.
Etymology 6
Origin unknown. Attested since the late nineteenth century.
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
- (Canada, US, colloquial, slang) A penis.
- (Canada, US, colloquial, slang) A foolish person, a despised person. [from 1960s]
Etymology 7
Origin unknown. Attested in English and in Scots since the sixteenth century.
Adjective
dink (not comparable)
- (archaic or dialectal) Finely dressed, elegant; neat.
Etymology 8
See dinq.
Adjective
dink (not comparable)
- (US, military) Alternative spelling of dinq
Anagrams
- -kind, kind
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch dinken, a regional variant of denken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??k/
Verb
dink (present dink, present participle denkende, past dag or dog, past participle gedag or gedog or gedink)
- to think
- 1939, Jaarboek, page 44:
- Ons het gedag dat die behoefte om te pleit om 'n dergelike samewerikng […]
- 1951, Suid-Afrikaanse Hofverslae, volume 3, page 79:
- […] ek het gedag dat met my man se dood dit sal nou tot niet geraak het.
- 1993, A Grammar of Afrikaans, Bruce Donaldson, page 223:
- Hy het gedag/gedog/gedink ek sou eers môre kom.
- 1939, Jaarboek, page 44:
Usage notes
- The regular past form het gedink can be used in all senses.
- The irregular past forms dag, dog; het gedag, het gedog can only be used in the sense of “to believe, to reckon (that)”, but not in the sense of “to think about, to ponder”.
Derived terms
- bedink
- nadink
Anagrams
- kind
Scots
Etymology 1
Origin unknown. Attested in Old Scots circa 1500.
Adjective
dink (comparative mair dink, superlative maist dink)
- neat and tidy
Verb
dink (third-person singular present dinks, present participle dinkin, past dinkt, past participle dinkt)
- to deck
- to dress neatly
Etymology 2
Probably a variant of English dint, a dent or mark left by a blow.
Noun
dink (plural dinks)
- a bruise
Verb
dink (third-person singular present dinks, present participle dinkin, past dinkt, past participle dinkt)
- to dent, to bruise
References
- “dink” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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