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Hawaiian Pidgin word for anything at anytime. It's generally used when you don't know the term of something or you're too lazy to say its name.

It's kind of like "whatchamacallit" or "thingy majigger".
Kawika: You got da kine? (Do you have the thing?)
Jerry: You mean da kine? (You mean that thing?)
Kawika: Yeah, da kine! (Yeah, that thing!)
Jerry: Oh, da kine! Yeah, I got da kine. (Oh, that thing. Yeah, I got the thing.)
da kine by suzukihmj October 1, 2020
word originated in hawaii.
typically meaning anything that you are talking about at the moment
"go get the da kine over dere"
"aw howcome you so da kine today"
da kine by damaged September 20, 2004
A pidgin word denoting anything that you can't really think of at the moment.
1) Da kine is da kine, and dat's da kine.

2) Auntie wen crack me wit da kine, brah.
Da kine by Mono May 2, 2005
Eh, Can you hand me da kine (food)?
da kine by Hawaiians January 18, 2003
Da Kine is the name of the business owned by "Dog: The bounty hunter"
If you are wanted, dont answer any calls on ya caller ID from 'Da Kine Bail Bonds'
da kine by anrkey102 May 13, 2005
Hawaiian-slang: also used in describing something as "the best" or "very fine quality" or "A1-prime-choice" etc.
You ever hear real Hawaiian music? It's da kine!
da kine by DukeD February 17, 2005