hink

hink

See also: Hink

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

hink (plural hinks)

1. (obsolete) A reaping hook.

References

• 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
• hink in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Kinh

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Verb

hink

1. first-person singular present indicative of hinken
2. imperative of hinken

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

hink

1. singular imperative of hinken

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Haush

Alternative forms

• enk

Noun

hink

1. man

References

• Charles Wellington Furlong, The Haush And Ona, Primitive Tribes Of Tierra Del Fuego, in the Proceedings Of The Nineteenth International Congress Of Americanists (December 1915)
• Voces en el viento: raíces lingüísticas de la Patagonia : lingüística comparativa de las lenguas aborígenes del sur del continente americano (2005): genk'e-nK 'paisano', es un derivado de un término de significado 'hombre', sólo mantenido en haush (Bridges 1948 ‹hink›, Tonelli ‹enk› 'hombre')

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Scots

Etymology 1

Variant of think. From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þencan, þenċan, þenċean (“to think”), from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think, suppose, perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).

Verb

hink (third-person singular simple present hinks, present participle hinkin, simple past thought or thocht, past participle thought or thocht)

1. (many Scots dialects) to think.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *hinken, from Old English hincian (“to limp, halt, hobble”), from Proto-Germanic *hinkaną (“to limp, hobble, be injured”).

Verb

hink

1. (obsolete) to falter or limp.

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Swedish

Etymology

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Noun

hink c

1. bucket (container)

Declension

Declension of hink
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hink	hinken	hinkar	hinkarna
Genitive	hinks	hinkens	hinkars	hinkarnas

Synonyms

• spann

Related terms

• hinka