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Tinks vs Pinks - What's the difference?

tinks | pinks |

As a verb tinks

is (tink).

As a noun pinks is

.

tinks

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tink)

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    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.

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    pinks

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The plural of pink.
  • flowers in the family Caryophyllaceae, sometimes called carnations.
  • The traditional scarlet jacket(s) worn by fox-hunters in the United Kingdom.
    • Lets go and murder a fox, dear. Have you got your pinks ?

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