bink
Meanings
noun
- A bench.
- A table or similar surface for laying out items.
- A sideboard or shelf unit for holding dishes.
- A mountain ledge.
- A long cut in peat moss, marking a section from which blocks of peat are cut.
- A hive.
verb
- To shelter or become trapped on a ledge or crag.
- To cut a bink in peat moss.
noun
- A pacifier.
noun
- A musical, percussive noise; plink.
verb
- To make a bink noise.
- To poke lightly.
- To win, especially a substantial amount due to luck.
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English bink, binke, variants of Middle English benk, benke, from Old English benc (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. More at bench.
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