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Jink vs Hink - What's the difference?

jink | hink |

As nouns the difference between jink and hink

is that jink is a quick evasive turn while hink is a reaping hook.

As a verb jink

is to make a quick evasive turn.

jink

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quick evasive turn.

    • Derived terms

    * high jinks * jinky

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a quick evasive turn.
  • * 1786 , Robert Burns, "Address to the Devil", Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect volume I:
    • But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkin , / An' cheat you yet.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 5 , author=Jonathan Stevenson , title=Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=As the Gunners attacked in unrelenting waves of red the opportunities started to fall their way, as the outstanding Wilshere fired at Hart and then Van Persie jinked into space only to see his arrow-like 18-yard left-foot rocket shot cannon back off the base of Hart's right-hand post. }}
  • To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.

    • hink

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A reaping hook.
    • (Knight)
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