"jink" meaning in All languages combined

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "high jinks"
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  "etymology_text": "Origin uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests onomatopoeia for motion. Attested since the 18th century. Compare unnasalised dialectal jick (“to avoid with a sudden jerk of the body, elude”).",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A quick evasive turn."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otklonjavane",
          "sense": "Quick evasive turn",
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izbjagvane na udar",
          "sense": "Quick evasive turn",
          "word": "избягване на удар"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Quick evasive turn",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "zigzag"
        }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A jack or knucklebone used in the game of the same name in the plural (possibly derived from the Scottish game high jinks)."
      ],
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        [
          "jack",
          "jack#English"
        ],
        [
          "high jinks",
          "high jinks#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɪŋk/"
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  "etymology_text": "Origin uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests onomatopoeia for motion. Attested since the 18th century. Compare unnasalised dialectal jick (“to avoid with a sudden jerk of the body, elude”).",
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    },
    {
      "form": "jinking",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1786, Robert Burns, “Address to the Devil”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, volume I",
          "text": "But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkin, / An' cheat you yet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943, G B Warnes, Hints and Tips for Beginners (and others) in Whirlwind Bombers Attacking Shipping, National Archives AIR 27/1551",
          "text": "Do not jink. This serves no purpose and will only spoil your run in."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service",
          "text": "A man on skis was coming fast after him. […] Bond […] gave a deep sigh of anger, and put on all the speed he could, crouching low and jinking occasionally to spoil the man's aim.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC",
          "text": "As the Gunners attacked in unrelenting waves of red the opportunities started to fall their way, as the outstanding Wilshere fired at Hart and then Van Persie jinked into space only to see his arrow-like 18-yard left-foot rocket shot cannon back off the base of Hart's right-hand post.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To make a quick evasive turn or turns to confuse pursuers, incoming fire, etc."
      ],
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          "evasive",
          "evasive"
        ],
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "pursuer",
          "pursuer"
        ],
        [
          "incoming",
          "incoming"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make a quick evasive turn or turns to confuse pursuers, incoming fire, etc."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 0 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izbjagvam",
          "sense": "To make a quick evasive turn",
          "word": "избягвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "To make a quick evasive turn",
          "word": "zigzaguer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "To make a quick evasive turn",
          "word": "sfagliare"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Mack Maloney, Shuttle Down",
          "text": "Jink it he did. Norton pushed the aircraft left just as he was at the bottom of his loop.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn."
      ],
      "id": "en-jink-en-verb-9lrG1KCj",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Card games",
          "orig": "en:Card games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful."
      ],
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        [
          "spoilfive",
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        [
          "forty-five",
          "forty-five"
        ],
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive, card games) In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To elude; to cheat."
      ],
      "id": "en-jink-en-verb-IopqyKKx",
      "links": [
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          "elude",
          "elude"
        ],
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "English onomatopoeias",
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    "English verbs"
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      "word": "jinky"
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        "A quick evasive turn."
      ]
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        "A jack or knucklebone used in the game of the same name in the plural (possibly derived from the Scottish game high jinks)."
      ],
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          "jack",
          "jack#English"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otklonjavane",
      "sense": "Quick evasive turn",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbjagvane na udar",
      "sense": "Quick evasive turn",
      "word": "избягване на удар"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Quick evasive turn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "zigzag"
    }
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  "word": "jink"
}

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          "text": "Do not jink. This serves no purpose and will only spoil your run in."
        },
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          "text": "A man on skis was coming fast after him. […] Bond […] gave a deep sigh of anger, and put on all the speed he could, crouching low and jinking occasionally to spoil the man's aim.",
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          "text": "As the Gunners attacked in unrelenting waves of red the opportunities started to fall their way, as the outstanding Wilshere fired at Hart and then Van Persie jinked into space only to see his arrow-like 18-yard left-foot rocket shot cannon back off the base of Hart's right-hand post.",
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          "text": "Jink it he did. Norton pushed the aircraft left just as he was at the bottom of his loop.",
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      ],
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        "To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn."
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        "en:Card games"
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        "In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful."
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          "forty-five"
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          "trick"
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        "(intransitive, card games) In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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        "To elude; to cheat."
      ],
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          "elude"
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          "cheat",
          "cheat"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbjagvam",
      "sense": "To make a quick evasive turn",
      "word": "избягвам"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To make a quick evasive turn",
      "word": "zigzaguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To make a quick evasive turn",
      "word": "sfagliare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jink"
}