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.