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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪŋki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dinky.wav Forms: dinkier [comparative], dinkiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪŋki Etymology: 1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y. Etymology templates: {{cog|sco|dink||neatly dressed, trim}} Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”), {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} dinky (comparative dinkier, superlative dinkiest)
  1. (informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and attractive. Tags: British, informal Categories (topical): People, Size Translations ((informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful): изящен (izjašten) (Bulgarian), hezoučký (Czech), miloučký (Czech), mignon [masculine] (French), croquignolet [masculine] (French), schnuckelig (German), niedlich (German), изящный (izjaščnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dinky-en-adj-uDDs7TkV Disambiguation of People: 26 25 0 27 22 Disambiguation of Size: 43 43 0 15 0 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of '(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful': 66 34
  2. (informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): People, Size Translations ((informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable): дребен (dreben) (Bulgarian), незначителен (neznačitelen) (Bulgarian), mrňavý (Czech), maličký (Czech), nicotný (Czech), croquignolet [masculine] (French), klein und schäbig (German), klein und mies (German), невзрачный (nevzračnyj) (Russian), minúsculo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dinky-en-adj-dvIGEbSf Disambiguation of People: 26 25 0 27 22 Disambiguation of Size: 43 43 0 15 0 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of '(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dinkily, dinkiness Related terms: dinky-di, inky-dinky, rinky-dinky
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪŋki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dinky.wav Forms: dinkies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋki Etymology: 1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y. Etymology templates: {{cog|sco|dink||neatly dressed, trim}} Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”), {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} dinky (plural dinkies)
  1. A dinky thing.
    Sense id: en-dinky-en-noun-8f9VTSHc
  2. A dinky thing.
    (Appalachia) A small mine car; especially, a small coal car.
    Tags: Appalachia Categories (topical): People, Size
    Sense id: en-dinky-en-noun-VkdKq~XQ Disambiguation of People: 26 25 0 27 22 Disambiguation of Size: 43 43 0 15 0 Categories (other): Appalachian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 9 1 74 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 23 3 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 4 4 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 4 2 82 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 1 88 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 21 3 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 24 21 3 52 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 5 4 85 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 10 5 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 5 4 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 4 3 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪŋki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dinky.wav Forms: dinkies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋki Etymology: See DINK Head templates: {{en-noun}} dinky (plural dinkies)
  1. (slang) A person in a relationship with double income and no kids Tags: slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-dinky-en-noun-P-cpVFZJ Disambiguation of People: 26 25 0 27 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dinky-di"
    },
    {
      "word": "inky-dinky"
    },
    {
      "word": "rinky-dinky"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “chapter 11”, in Anne of the Island:",
          "text": "How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Sharon Wallace, A House Full of Whispers, page 5:",
          "text": "I played in the dirt with a small dinky car as the garage held no fascination for a little girl of five.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Ooh, well, he is a particularly pretty one. Look at his dinky little nose,” said Raj with a sweet smile.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tiny and cute; small and attractive."
      ],
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        [
          "Tiny",
          "tiny"
        ],
        [
          "cute",
          "cute"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "attractive",
          "attractive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and attractive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable."
      ],
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          "tiny"
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          "insignificant",
          "insignificant"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪŋki/"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋki"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izjašten",
      "sense": "(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful",
      "word": "изящен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful",
      "word": "hezoučký"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful",
      "word": "miloučký"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mignon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "croquignolet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful",
      "word": "schnuckelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful",
      "word": "niedlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izjaščnyj",
      "sense": "(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and charmful",
      "word": "изящный"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dreben",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "word": "дребен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neznačitelen",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "word": "незначителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "word": "mrňavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "word": "maličký"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "word": "nicotný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "croquignolet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "word": "klein und schäbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "word": "klein und mies"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevzračnyj",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "word": "невзрачный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable",
      "word": "minúsculo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dinky"
}

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "en:Size"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "neatly dressed, trim"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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  ],
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    {
      "form": "dinkies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "A dinky thing."
      ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Appalachian English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dinky thing.",
        "A small mine car; especially, a small coal car."
      ],
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        [
          "dinky",
          "#Adjective"
        ],
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          "mine car",
          "mine car"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "A dinky thing.",
        "(Appalachia) A small mine car; especially, a small coal car."
      ],
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        "Appalachia"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪŋki"
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}

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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        "A person in a relationship with double income and no kids"
      ],
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        "(slang) A person in a relationship with double income and no kids"
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪŋki/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋki"
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  ],
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}

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