gink

[gingk]

noun

Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a person; fellow.

gink

¹

/ ɡɪŋk /

noun

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

gink

²

/ ɡɪŋk /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gink¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of gink¹

C20: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

But Gink of Massachusetts cautioned: “There is no guarantee that any of the generous tip you are giving will be kept by the worker, who may only get a small percentage, if even that.”

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"Imagine my Mary, married to a gink like that!"

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"You're as popular as the smallpox with that gink," said Billy one day, after Rabig had passed them with his usual malignant stare at Frank.

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I tried Edward L., residence, at a drug store on Broadway and again I drew that butler gink, who was sort of sassy and hung up quick.

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When I asked her what Sylvia could see in an old gink like that, she just shrugged up her shoulders and said, who could tell—Sylvia was made that way.

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