English
jink
Noun

jink (plural jinks)

  1. A quick evasive turn.
Translations Verb

jink (jinks, present participle jinking; past and past participle jinked)

  1. (intransitive) To make a quick evasive turn.
    • 1786, Robert Burns, "Address to the Devil", Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect volume I:
      But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkin, / An' cheat you yet.
    • 1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
      A man on skis was coming fast after him. […] Bond […] gave a deep sigh of anger, and put on all the speed he could, crouching low and jinking occasionally to spoil the man's aim.
  2. (transitive) To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.
    • 2000, Mack Maloney, Shuttle Down ISBN 9780425177747
      Jink it he did. Norton pushed the aircraft left just as he was at the bottom of his loop.
  3. (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.
  4. To elude; to cheat.
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