different between oink vs gink

English

Etymology

Imitative of the sound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/

Interjection

oink

1. Representing the sound made by a pig.
2. Drawing attention to male chauvinism (from the term male chauvinist pig).
   • 2003, Robert N. Mansfield, Randy Maas, The Assassin: Attack on America

     "The tub is too small!" "Then, I'll go first and you'll have to wait!" "Chauvinist pig!" "Oink, oink!"

Translations

Noun

oink (plural oinks)

1. The sound made by a pig, or an imitation thereof.

   The protesters replied to the police officers' demands with a chorus of oinks.

Synonyms

• grunt

Translations

Verb

oink (third-person singular simple present oinks, present participle oinking, simple past and past participle oinked)

1. (intransitive) Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.

   The hogs oinked happily in their pen as the farmer poured slop in their feeding trough.

Synonyms

• grunt

Translations

See also

• grunt
• squeal

Anagrams

• ikon, kino

English

Etymology

Unknown but possibly from similar senses of kink or geck. Cf. geek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/

Noun

gink (plural ginks)

1. (originally US slang) A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 23:

     Adrian felt that it was he who had brought Tom into notice and popularity, that Tom was his own special creation. The silent spotty gink of the first year had been transformed into someone admired and imitated and Adrian wasn't sure how much he liked it.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:person, Thesaurus:man, Thesaurus:friend; Thesaurus:dork, Thesaurus:fool

References

• “gink, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2017

Anagrams

• King, king