Jink vs Mink - What's the difference?
jink | mink |
To make a quick evasive turn.
* 1786 , Robert Burns, "Address to the Devil", Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect volume I:
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To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.
(plural mink ) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant.
(plural minks ) An article of clothing made of mink.
As nouns the difference between jink and mink
is that jink is a quick evasive turn while mink is (plural mink) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant.As a verb jink
is to make a quick evasive turn.jink
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Derived terms
* high jinks * jinkyVerb
(en verb)- But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkin , / An' cheat you yet.
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