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DINK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does DINK mean?
• DINK (noun)
The noun DINK has 2 senses:
1. a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
2. a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
Familiarity information: DINK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("DINK" is a kind of...):
couple; match; mates (a pair of people who live together)
Domain usage:
acronym; initialism (a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
dink; drop shot
Hypernyms ("dink" is a kind of...):
return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)
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