different between tink vs trink

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?ngk, IPA^(key): /t??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

From Middle English tinken, of imitative origin. Compare ting.

Verb

tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)

1. To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.

Synonyms

• tinkle

Related terms

• tingle

References

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Noun

tink (plural tinks)

1. (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

Etymology 2

knit spelled backwards.

Verb

tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)

1. (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
   • 2012, Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)

     Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.

   • 2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)

     If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

Etymology 3

Shortened from tinker.

Noun

tink (plural tinks)

1. (chiefly Britain and Ireland, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.

Anagrams

• knit

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English think.

Verb

tink

1. think

English

Etymology

From Middle English treinekys or trynk, but earlier origin is unknown. Attested in Anglo-Norman or Middle English legal texts from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???k/

Noun

trink (plural trinks)

1. (obsolete) A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post or anchor; set net.
2. (obsolete) A fisherman who uses a trink.

References

• trink in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Albanian

Etymology

Clipping of i ri trink, a semi-calque of Venetian novo de trinca, Italian nuovo di trinca. A derivative of trim +? -kë is also possible.

Adjective

trink m (feminine trinke)

1. brand new

Related terms

• trim

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???k/

Verb

trink

1. singular imperative of trinken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of trinken