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Jinkier vs Kinkier - What's the difference?

jinkier | kinkier |

As adjectives the difference between jinkier and kinkier

is that jinkier is (jinky) while kinkier is (kinky).

jinkier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (jinky)

    • jinky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • mazy, windy, zigzagging
  • * 1988 , Michael King, One of the boys?: changing views of masculinity in New Zealand , page 100:
    • Trap the long ball to the wing on the run, carry it down the touch-line at speed, passing the half-back with a body-swerve, take the ball almost to the corner flag, then cut inside the fullback with a jinky one-two, and place the ball [...]
  • * 1990 , Bob Ferrier, The world atlas of golf courses , page 76:
    • The 2nd is a jinky little 345 yards, and is anything but simple. A large eucalyptus tree on the right, 100 yards out, shuts off half of the target area from the tee. A big bunker on the left at 220 yards tightens it even further, [...]
  • * 1999 Irish Independent - Bell rings warning over Leslie
    • He's also quite jinky off his feet. He steps through tackles and offloads there are no frills. He brings other players into the game.
  • * 2006 , Telegraph - Tevez must sharpen up before axe needs to fall
    • Coming out second best then, he then tried a jinky dribble from right to left, only to find McCann standing in his way again.''
  • * 2007 John O'Groat Journal - Millbank Man o' Steel event brings season to a close
    • Darren was the smallest on the pitch he is certainly not fazed by the bigger lads and his jinky runs regularly stretched the opposition to the limit
  • * 2009 Scotsman - Rugby: Victory would be perfect birthday gift
  • *:"Unfortunately it was my faster, jinkier pals who could get past the security guards and I'd always end up getting stopped''"

    • See also

    * juke * hinky

    kinkier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (kinky)

    • kinky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Full of or curl.
    • ''kinky hair
  • Queer; eccentric; crotchety.
  • (slang) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.
  • * 1994 , Roberta Perkins, Sex work and sex workers in Australia (page ii)
    • Their male customers are often identified as lonely, sleazy and into kinky sex
  • * 2002 , Lyla Verone, The Interview
    • Scars on my back were revealed from when I was whipped by a sadomasochistic ex-lover. I wondered if it bothered anyone, but it only seemed to make everyone harder than they already were. I was a kinky girl.

    Derived terms

    * kinkiness