dinky
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈdɪŋki/
- Informal
:
pequeño
- Not that impressive with a dinky 10' trailer!
- dinky little
- dinky town
- dinky motel
So you have the brush for the foundation, the dinky sponge for under the eyes.
- So you have the brush for the foundation, the dinky sponge for under the eyes.
- If it's somewhat, if it's dinky and small and really puny, maybe it doesn't even taste that great.
- Yeah, I used to live in a dinky, stinky small house like you, but now I have a big stupid mansion with just one easy trick.
Examples
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The Casey Overpass is a dinky nothing in comparison to the George Washington Bridge.
Blog text (6) -
It's a dinky, little nothing neighborhood store.
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Well, maybe a little dinky car would be good.
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Why on earth do you want that dinky little lot?
Fiction book (1991) -
"In the middle of this dinky town, we're lost!"
Fiction book (1993) -
Can your dinky little kitchen knives do that?
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Can we acknowledge what a dinky offering this improbably acclaimed silent film is?
Blog text (2) -
Students are usually much better off pursuing merit scholarships from schools rather than dinky scholarships from private sources.
Blog text (23) -
For your parents' anniversary, I lent them a beamer so Dave wouldn't have to drive Grace around in that dinky old Saab, which I hammered out and repainted.
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We rented a dinky car that barely had enough room for our luggage.
Synonyms
104
4.1
Not important or too small to matter
78
1.0
Very small in size so you can hold it in one hand
65
4.7
Poor and in bad condition with little value
58
8.1
Very small, like a baby mouse
56
3.4
Very small and weak, not impressive
4
7.9
A very small amount or unimportant detail
1
7.7
A person who is smaller and thinner than others
Small and a little worn but with a cozy charm
So small that you can hardly see it
Antonyms
584
3.4
Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
dinky = dink (opaque) = dink + y
The word is probably built from a base like 'dink' plus the adjectival suffix '-y', but the pejorative sense is lexicalized and not fully predictable from the base.
Etymology
Dinky probably comes from old dialect words for things that are small and neat and was helped by the image of little toy models like Dinky Toys, which were tiny and simple. So when something is called dinky it is 'small' and a bit unimpressive.