Dink 1340299 226038644 2008-07-16T15:35:59Z Wizard191 935746 /* Things */ cleaned up {{wiktionary|dink}} '''Dink''' may refer to: ==People== *[[Hrant Dink]], a [[Turkish-Armenian]] [[Copy editing|editor]] and [[journalist]]. *'''Dink''' is the ring name used by midget wrestler [[Claude Giroux (wrestler)]] while competing in the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] during the mid-1990s. *Mr. Dink, a character on the [[Nickelodeon]] television series ''[[Doug]]''. ==Things== *A small auxiliary boat affixed to a sailboat, also known as a [[dinghy]]. *[[Dinky Toy]], an early manufacturer of small, die-cast toy cars. This is now sometimes genericized into the reference "Dink" referring to [[Hot Wheels]] and other brands of similar toy cars. *[[Dink (band)]], an American industrial rock band. ==In fiction== *[[Dink, the Little Dinosaur]], a children's animated series broadcast in the United States in the 1980s. *A group of munchkin-like characters in red robes in the 1987 movie [[Spaceballs]]. *[[Dink Smallwood]], the name of a PC RPG made in 1997 and is also the name of the main character. *[[Dink Meeker]], a character in the [[Ender's Game series]] of books by Orson Scott Card. *[[Dink (James Bond)]], a woman in the James Bond film [[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]. ==Slang== * [[DINKY|'''D.I.N.K''': '''D'''ual '''I'''ncome '''N'''o '''K'''ids]], a financial term used for couples with no kids. *A 'jerk' or 'goof' *A euphemism for [[being delinquent on training]]. *A [[hypocorism]] for the [[given name]] [[Dennis]]. *A term used to mean "Mess With" as in "I'm going to dink with that until it works". Along similar lines, in [[computer science]], to increment or decrement a counter. "In counting from 4 to 6, it dinks the counter two times". *An onomatopoeia for the sound when a [[golf]] ball goes in the hole. *A ride given to someone on a [[pushbike]]. *Military slang for a recruit in training, "Desperately In Need of Knowledge" ==See also== *[[Dinky]] {{Disambig}} [[pl:Dink]]