dink
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈdiŋk 
: dinghy
dink
2 of 4noun (2)
: drop shot
dink
3 of 4noun (3)
slang
: nitwit, jerk, nerd
dink
4 of 4noun (4)
often all capitalized
: a couple with two incomes and no children
also : a member of such a couple
Synonyms
Noun (3)
- bookworm
- dork [slang]
- geek
- grind
- nerd
- swot [British]
- weenie
- wonk
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
by shortening & alteration
Noun (2)
dink to hit with a drop shot, probably of imitative origin
Noun (3)
perhaps from dink, disparaging name for a Vietnamese
Noun (4)
double income, no kids
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1903, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1939, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
1974, in the meaning defined above
Noun (4)
1986, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing dink
dink
noun
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- nerd
- weenie
- geek
- wonk
- dork
- bookworm
- swot
- scholar
- genius
- intellectual
- highbrow
- grind
- brain
- double-dome
- bookman
- techie
- academic
- gearhead
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- slacker
- underachiever
- lowbrow
- goof-off
- goldbrick
- societary
- societas
- societas le
- societas leonina
- societas uni
- societas universorum bonorum
- societates
- societies
- society
- society finch
- Society Islander
- Society Islands
- Society men
- society people
- society screw
- socii
- Socinian
- socinianism
- socinianisms
- Socinianistic
- Socinianize
- socinians
- Socinus
- socio-
- socio-economic