Mink vs Tink - What's the difference?
mink | tink |
(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.
(knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
* Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)
* 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)
As nouns the difference between mink and tink
is that 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 while tink is a sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.As a verb tink is
to emit a high-pitched noise.mink
English
(wikipedia mink)Noun
(en-noun)Hyponyms
* (mammal) American mink, Neovison vison''; European mink, ''Mustela lutreolaDerived terms
* fuck like a mink * mink coatSee also
* polecat ----tink
English
Etymology 1
Imitative.Synonyms
* tinkleReferences
[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tink]Etymology 2
knit spelled backwards.Verb
(en verb)- Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
- 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.