Definitions For Jink

Verb

{{en-verb}} (intransitive) To make a quick evasive turn. (transitive) To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn. (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. To elude; to cheat.

Translations

Bulgarian: избягвам French: zigzaguer Italian: sfagliare

Noun

JINK (plural JINKs) A quick evasive turn.

Derived terms

high jinks jinky

Translations

Bulgarian: отклоняване, n, избягване на удар French: zigzag, m

Etymology

Origin uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests onomatopoeia for motion. Attested since the eighteenth century.

Is Jink a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
18

The word Jink is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Jink in a Sentence

  • jinking here and there with remarkable agility, the thieving urchin frustrated all attempts to catch him

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