different between links vs tinks

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??ks/
• Rhymes: -??ks
• Homophone: lynx

Etymology 1

See link.

Noun

links

1. plural of link

Verb

links

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of link

Etymology 2

From Scots links (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), linkis, from Old English hlincas (“rising grounds, hills”).

Noun

links (plural links)

1. A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.
   • 1894, “The Golfer in Search of a Climate”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, page 570

     but what worthy golf links is not intolerably hard of access?

   • 1919, Harold H. Hilton, “Golf Courses at Home and Abroad”, in The Windsor Magazine, no. 296, page 173.

     The royal and ancient game of golf may now claim to be the universal game of the world, as in every part of the habitable globe links are to be found.

   • 1920, Walter Hines Page, The World’s Work, page 393

     All over the country, links are scattered — club links, public links, and private links — and every year the number grows.

   • 1967, Litellus Russell Muirhead, Scotland, page 278

     The links are the property of the town, the Courses being under the management of a joint committee representing the R. & A. Golf Club and the City.

   • 2002, Forrest L. Richardson, Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science That Forms the Golf Journey, page 95

     A true links is built on linksland […]

   • 2003, Lorne Rubenstein, A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands, page 168

     A links is best when it’s really firm and when the wind is really up.

Translations

Anagrams

• kilns, slink

Danish

Noun

links n

1. indefinite genitive singular of link
2. indefinite plural of link
3. indefinite genitive plural of link

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??ks/
• Rhymes: -??ks
• Homophone: lynx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lincs (“left, clumsy”). Equivalent to link +? -s.

Adverb

links

1. on the left

2. to the left

Usage notes

When used as a modifier, before a noun, the form linker is used.

Antonyms

• rechts

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the adverb links.

Adjective

links (comparative linkser, superlative meest links or linkst)

1. (not comparable) left

   Synonym: linker

   Antonym: rechts

2. left-wing, leftist, belonging to the ideological left

   Antonym: rechts

3. (predicatively) left-handed

   Synonym: linkshandig

   Antonym: rechts

Inflection

Derived terms

• links-extremistisch
• linkshandig
• linksheid
• linksig
• links-liberaal
• links-radicaal

Etymology 3

From the adverb links.

Noun

links n (uncountable)

1. The left, the left side or tendency, especially in politics and any ideology.

Derived terms

• linksgeoriënteerd

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

links

1. Plural form of link

Anagrams

• slink

German

Alternative forms

• l., li. (abbreviations)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Germanic, cognate with Dutch links.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??ks/

Adverb

links

1. on the left

2. to the left

3. inside out

Related terms

• Linke f
• linker

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German links, Dutch links.

Adverb

links

1. left, to the left

Scots

Etymology

From Old English hlinc (“a ridge", "slope", "bank”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??ks/

Noun

links

1. Dunes (especially sandy dunes)

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots language

Spanish

Noun

links

1. plural of link

English

Verb

tinks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tink

Anagrams

• knits, sinkt, skint, snikt, stink