1. Verb: To play pickleball, typically with enthusiasm and a slight obsession.
"Ever since Karen retired, she just dinks all day."
2. Noun: The act of playing pickleball, or a pickleball game / series of games.
"Work has been super stressful lately. I could really use a nice afternoon dink."
3. Verb: To perform a soft, strategic shot in pickleball that arcs just over the net and lands in the opponent’s kitchen. Used to seduce your opponent into a cat-and-mouse game of patience and finesse.
"Don’t try to smash it, man—just dink that in niiiice and easy."
Origin:
From the satisfying "dink!" sound the paddle makes when hitting a soft shot. Also because "pickleballing" just doesn’t have the same ring.
"Ever since Karen retired, she just dinks all day."
2. Noun: The act of playing pickleball, or a pickleball game / series of games.
"Work has been super stressful lately. I could really use a nice afternoon dink."
3. Verb: To perform a soft, strategic shot in pickleball that arcs just over the net and lands in the opponent’s kitchen. Used to seduce your opponent into a cat-and-mouse game of patience and finesse.
"Don’t try to smash it, man—just dink that in niiiice and easy."
Origin:
From the satisfying "dink!" sound the paddle makes when hitting a soft shot. Also because "pickleballing" just doesn’t have the same ring.
by sjha01 May 5, 2025

by mspanks204 April 5, 2016

small, unpopulated, used to describe a place of residence. a backwoods town. the boondocks. a shithole.
"living in the hink-dink town of pleasant valley is like living in the boondocks."
person 1: "she lives in pleasant valley."
person 2: "that hink-dink town?"
person 1: "she lives in pleasant valley."
person 2: "that hink-dink town?"
by carihope June 22, 2011

by cbernier31 September 12, 2021

by hahehehehehe February 12, 2018

Also DINKs for a plural, DINK is an adjective that stands for (D)ual (I)ncome, (N)o (K)ids or Dual Income No Kids. This means that two partners in a relationship both have jobs, but no kids. This may typically give them lots of money, and lots of free time outside of work.
by WhosBlue June 29, 2024

by 50FuckingBoiledCabbage March 7, 2017
