DINK Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

dink

noun

Definition of dink

slang

as in nerd

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits in those days a dink had a better chance of winning the lottery than of dating a cheerleader

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Recent Examples of dink At age 69, Lynn Ianni is a pickleball whiz, zipping from dinks to drives energetically. — Graham Kates, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2026 Knowing their dink would be praised. — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026 But as defenses have found ways to slow him down and some of the Kansas City QB’s key contributors have moved on or gotten older, the Chiefs offense has transitioned into more of a dink-and-dunk operation. — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025 The underground pop of the 2010s used to get so excited about being online, using shrinky-dink artifice to delight in poking fun at a culture that could feel shallow and strange but also organic and endlessly renewable. — Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dink

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Noun

If that is not possible, be a nerd and tuck your long pants into your socks.

— Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026
Shane is an experienced deer-tracking dog handler, and Ryan is a data nerd by training and a diehard bowhunter.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of nerd

Noun

Fortunately, Green’s film exists — and was not thrown into a little black hole by a bunch of accountants, never to be seen again — and can surely help cure any of the pain its backstory still inflicts on movie fans and Tunes geeks.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
The 1% who are the Uber early geek adopters can go in the user settings and switch it back to sats and view it in sats.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of geek

Noun

The sausage rolls, known commonly as pigs in a blanket, were packaged as a dozen Parker House Rolls stuffed with cocktail weenies.

— Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026
Rowland’s sense of playfulness is also more evident in the artwork chosen for the space (subjects include a spa bathrobe in the common area and a weenie roast above the coffee condiments).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

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