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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he pinkled his twink nose—Ah! you see that's the time I was twisted—I mean he twinkled his pink nose, Uncle Wiggily did, and out he went to watch the animal boys play marbles.

From Uncle Wiggily in the Woods by Garis, Howard Roger

And in a twink John Willie saw his mistake.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

Twink, twink, twink, twink, They light their light once more, Then twinkety, twinkety, twink, twink, They put them out as before.

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth

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