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Tink vs Gink - What's the difference?

tink | gink |

In lang=en terms the difference between tink and gink

is that tink is a sharp, quick sound; a tinkle while gink is a fellow; person.

As a verb tink

is to emit a high-pitched noise.

tink

English

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Verb

(en verb)
  • To emit a high-pitched noise.
    • Jimmy heard the bells tink .
    Synonyms
    * tinkle
    References
    [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tink]

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

    • Etymology 2

    knit spelled backwards.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
  • * Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)
    • Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
  • * 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)
    • If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking ” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

    Anagrams

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    gink

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A foolish or contemptible man.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1931 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=Grace Hegger Lewis , title=Half a Loaf , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page=189 , passage=Don't see a movie in it myself, but those Hollywood ginks will take anything. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1973 , year_published=2007 , edition=Digitized , editor= , author=Richard Cowper , title=Clone , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Doubleday , isbn= , page=33 , passage=No wonder the country's on its bloody knees! You ginks are a bloody disgrace to the human race!' }}
  • (slang) a fellow; person.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1914 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burroughs , title=The Mucker , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=so if any of you ginks are me frien's yeh better keep outen here so's yeh won't get hurted. }}

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