jink
jink
Definition
jink (jiŋk)
intransitive verb
Chiefly Brit. to move swiftly or with sudden turns, as in dodging a pursuer
Etymology: < ?
noun
Chiefly Brit. an eluding, as by a quick, sudden turn
jink
Usage Examples
Object
- run: On 13 minutes, a jinking run from Scott Dundas saw his snapshot well saved by Mountain in the Newport goal.
- way: But the scrum half jinked one way and then the other before finding a gap beneath the posts which he raced through to score.
Preposition: into
- space: Yakubu then jinked into space before falling over his own feet and kicking thin air.
Modifying Another Word
- inside: Lap three saw J Minshaw catch the draft from Fowler up the Revett Straight and jink inside at the Esses to take the lead.
- away: If the rabbit sees us and jinks away she loses interest in it and drops to her nose immediately.
- then: Yakubu then jinked into space before falling over his own feet and kicking thin air.
- high: Karl Theobald from Green Wing fame told of his theater high jinks as he appeared in Donkey's Years at the Comedy Theater.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- over: The Knights had the last word, with Scott Walker taking Lee Jackson's pass before jinking over at the side of the posts.
