gink

American  

[gingk] / gɪŋk /

noun

Slang: Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a person; fellow.

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gink ¹ British  

/ ɡɪŋk /

noun

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

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gink ² British  

/ ɡɪŋk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of gink

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

This gypsum gink or hillside hoopus—whatever its name might be—had soft black fur girdled with white, and white cuffs above its paws.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, Mr. Clemm, ye see, we had it fixed all right, an' some foxy gink blows in wid a taxi an' lifts de dame right from outen Shepard's mit!

From Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure by Ball, Eustace Hale

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.

From The Girl at Central by Bonner, Geraldine

Pyne, he's a tall, slim gink with stooped shoulders and so short sighted that he has to wear extra thick eyeglasses.

From Torchy and Vee by Ford, Sewell

"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.

From Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches by Randall, Homer