Softly struck ball
Dinked is the past tense of dink, a verb with several meanings depending on context.
In racket sports, to dink is to hit a soft, short shot that barely clears the net: She dinked it over for the point.
In golf, to dink a shot is to mishit it weakly.
More casually, to dink someone is to carry them as a passenger on a bicycle: He dinked me home from school.
The word can also mean to make minor adjustments or waste time: We dinked around with the settings.
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Softly struck ball
Dinked is the past tense of dink, a verb with several meanings depending on context.
In racket sports, to dink is to hit a soft, short shot that barely clears the net: She dinked it over for the point.
In golf, to dink a shot is to mishit it weakly.
More casually, to dink someone is to carry them as a passenger on a bicycle: He dinked me home from school.
The word can also mean to make minor adjustments or waste time: We dinked around with the settings.
1. sports — dropshot, Soft stroke landing short; volley (Simultaneous firing burst); netplay (Gaming via network); touch (Perceiving through physical contact); finesse · placement · precision · angle · slice · backspin · lob · deception · tactic · pickleball
2. damaged — dented, Having a surface depression; scratched (Made shallow marks); nicked (Cut superficially); chipped (Broken at edge); scuffed · dinged · marred · blemished · bumped · knocked · banged · damaged · marked · gouged
FORCE/POWER OF SHOTdinked ≠ smashed Broken or intoxicated; slammed · blasted · pounded · hammered · crushed
SHOT TECHNIQUE/STYLEdinked ≠ spiked Secretly added alcohol; smashed · slammed · killed · attacked · overpowered
dinky, dink, dinkier, dinks, dinkiest
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/dinked