bink

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

From Middle English bink, binke, variants of Middle English benk, benke, from Old English benc (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. More at bench.

Noun

bink (plural binks)

1. (UK, Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A bench.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bink”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology 2

Clipping of binky.

Noun

bink (plural binks)

2. A pacifier.

Anagrams

• knib

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani beng, from Sanskrit व्यङ्ग (vyaṅga).

Originally Bargoens, attested since 1731.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪŋk/

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• Hyphenation: bink
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

bink m (plural binken, diminutive binkje n)

1. a muscular, stout, or tough man

   Synonym: bikkel

   • 2011, Harlan Coben, Levenslijn (Myron Bolitar series), tr. by Martin Jansen in de Wal, Meulenhoff Boekerij (publ.).

     Myron Bolitar, de stoere bink met zijn stellige uitspraken.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• ketelbink

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪŋk/

Etymology 1

From Middle English benk, from Old English benċ, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Cognate with English bench.

Noun

bink (plural binks)

1. bench, ledge
2. (archaic) shelf, storage rack

Alternative forms

• benk

Etymology 2

Noun

bink (plural binks)

1. (Hawick) Alternative form of byke