Dink
Appearance
Dink or DINK may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Dink, Plovdiv Province, a village in Bulgaria
- Dink, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Dink Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
Entertainment
[edit]Characters
[edit]- Dink Meeker, in the Ender's Game series of books by Orson Scott Card
- "Dink" Dunkin, a child detective in the A to Z Mysteries novel series
- Dink Stover, in stories and novels by Owen Johnson
- Dink, a child character in the 1931 film The Champ, played by Jackie Cooper
- Dink, in the 1953 film The Clown, a remake of The Champ
- Dink (James Bond), a woman in the James Bond film Goldfinger
- Dinks, a group of munchkin-like characters in red robes in the 1987 movie Spaceballs
- Dink Jenkins, in the 2000 film My Dog Skip, played by Luke Wilson
- Bud Dink, on the Nickelodeon and Disney television series Doug
- the title character of Dink, the Little Dinosaur, a 1980s American children's animated series
- Dink, a recurring character in the TV series Private Practice
- Dink, in the animated TV series Cubeez
- the main character of Dink Smallwood, a role-playing video game made in 1997
Other
[edit]- Dink (band), an American industrial rock band
- "D.I.N.K", a season 2 episode of Sanjay and Craig
People
[edit]- Dink (nickname)
- Arat Dink (born 1979), Turkish journalist
- Hrant Dink (1954–2007), Turkish-Armenian editor and journalist
- Claude Giroux (wrestler) (born 1956), midget wrestler who used the ring name Dink
- Oliver Humperdink (born John Sutton 1949-2011), professional wrestling manager who used the ring name Big Daddy Dink
Slang
[edit]- DINK (Dual Income, No Kids), a working, cohabiting or married couple who do not have children
- Beanie (seamed cap), occasionally known as a "dink" in the context of American college hazing
- In first-person shooter games, a headshot that does not kill the player
- Dinks was one of the derogatory terms used to refer to the Liberation Army of South Vietnam or the People's Army of Vietnam.
Sports
[edit]- In footvolley, hitting the ball over the net with one's head
- In pickleball, a soft shot made by a player while near their own non-volley zone, into their opponent's non-volley zone
- In soccer, chipping the ball lightly
- In tennis, a soft drop shot
- In volleyball, tapping the ball just barely over the net after faking a spike