bink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bench.
  2. A table or similar surface for laying out items.
  3. A sideboard or shelf unit for holding dishes.
  4. A mountain ledge.
  5. A long cut in peat moss, marking a section from which blocks of peat are cut.
  6. A hive.
verb
  1. To shelter or become trapped on a ledge or crag.
  2. To cut a bink in peat moss.
noun
  1. A pacifier.
noun
  1. A musical, percussive noise; plink.
verb
  1. To make a bink noise.
  2. To poke lightly.
  3. To win, especially a substantial amount due to luck.

Word forms

bink binks binking binked

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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