twink

¹ American  

[twingk] / twɪŋk /

verb (used with or without object)

1. wink.

2. twinkle.

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twink ² American  

[twingk] / twɪŋk /

noun

Slang.

1. a young, attractive gay man with a slim, boyish appearance.

2. (in a role-playing game) a low-level character who is equipped with advanced-level armor and weapons obtained from a high-level character, as a gift or through real money trade.

   Check out the overpowered gear on the twink who just joined our group.

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twink British  

/ twɪŋk /

noun

1. white correction fluid for deleting written text

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Etymology

Origin of twink¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English twinken; cognate with German zwinken “to wink”; akin to twinkle

Origin of twink²

First recorded in 1960–65; shortening of twinkie “a gay or effeminate man; a younger male regarded as an object of gay male desire”; commonly associated with Twinkie, a trademark for a kind of small, oblong cake with a creamy filling

Example Sentences

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"Then there was an almost musical twink, and deep, deep silence inside me."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Please, Aunt Tabitha, if you have half a twink to spare—I know not what it is, but I suppose you do—won’t you go and find out Aunt Alice?”

From All's Well Alice's Victory by Lewin, M.

But this is the important thing: he was glaring wistfully at the post-office and thus in a twink I saw that he still adored my little governess.

From The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Mr. Clive cotched up a basin o' pea soup what was too greasy for madam, and in a twink he sets it upside down on the cadet's head.

From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert

Against the sun a glint of golden beard appeared and was gone in a twink.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]