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Twanked vs Twinked - What's the difference?

twanked | twinked |

As verbs the difference between twanked and twinked

is that twanked is past tense of twank while twinked is past tense of twink.

twanked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (twank)

    • twank

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) To cause to make a sharp twanging sound.
  • * Joseph Addison
    • London has the privilege of disturbing a whole street for an hour together, with the twanking of a brass kettle or frying-pan.
    (Webster 1913)

    twinked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (twink)

    • twink

    English

    Etymology 1

    Cognate with Middle High German zwinken (German zwinkern).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To twinkle, sparkle.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A twinkle; a glint.

    • Etymology 2

    Imitative.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The chaffinch.

    • Etymology 3

    From twinkie.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gay slang) A young, attractive, slim male, usually having little body hair.
  • *
  • (derogatory, slang) A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.
  • (Internet, derogatory) A player in a multi-user dungeon who engages in obnoxious or abusive behaviour.
  • * 1997 , "Flower of the Night", Looking for a mud'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.diku )
    • I certainly don't consider myself a twink ; however it seems that anyone who doesn't agree with another's point of view is automatically labelled as such.
  • * 1997 , "Gov't Cheeze", [AD/REQUEST] Builders and Players (twinks need not apply)'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.admin )
    • You will not find any stock. You will not find any easy mobs. You will not find any +100 dam 'big swords of I win'. You will not find twink mudders. You will not hear about how Jim the Kewl dOOd scored last night at his sister's birthday party. You will not find bots.
    Synonyms
    * (gay slang: young, attractive, slim man ): chicken * (weak or effeminate man''): poof (''British''), fag (''especially US''), faggot (''especially US )

    Etymology 4

    From the name of the Twink brand of correction fluid.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (New Zealand) A generic term for correction fluid or correction tape.