gink

[ gingk ]

nounSlang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a person; fellow.

Origin of gink

1
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; origin uncertain

Words Nearby gink

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How to use gink in a sentence

  • There's some gink been walking on ahead of us stringing the cord out for us to follow!

  • Do you think that is the gink who was prowling around our room?

  • Maybe this gink had it up his little sleeve and dropped it in there at the right minute!

    Boy Scouts in the North Sea | G. Harvey Ralphson
  • A gink with a long, scrawny neck put down his highball and rose from the table.

    Card Trick | Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett
  • How did Gibson, who seems to have plenty of money and a social position, ever fall into the 'gink's' hands?

    Spring Street | James H. Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for gink (1 of 2)

gink1

/ (ɡɪŋk) /


noun
  1. slang a man or boy, esp one considered to be odd

Origin of gink

1
C20: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for gink (2 of 2)

gink2

/ (ɡɪŋk) /


nounNZ informal
  1. a look, especially a brief one, at somethinɡ

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