"jinks" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /d͡ʒɪŋks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jinks.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks
  1. Indication of surprise or amazement; jinkies.
    Sense id: en-jinks-en-intj-s7uqdqR7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɪŋks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jinks.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} jinks
  1. plural of jink Tags: form-of, plural Form of: jink
    Sense id: en-jinks-en-noun-JEh4aAFH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒɪŋks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jinks.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪŋks Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} jinks
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jink Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: jink
    Sense id: en-jinks-en-verb-pHHJuLNE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 6 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for jinks meaning in English (3.0kB)

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