jink
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9.3
A sudden quick change of direction to avoid something
- noun
- /dʒɪŋk/
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movimiento brusco
Examples
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The aircraft bucks like a bull as the pilot jinks and banks wildly.
Fiction book (1991) -
The anti-aircraft guns open up. INT. WILHEMY'S CRUSADER - CONTINUOUS Wilhemy jinks left to avoid a streaking of tracer fire.
Fiction book (2000) -
The player made a quick jink to the left to evade the defender.
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To avoid the oncoming car, he executed a sudden jink on his bicycle.
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The dog took a sharp jink to avoid the cyclist on the path.
Synonyms
swerve
vsjink
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3.7
A sudden sharp turn to avoid something
is sudden and quick but not necessarily as sharp in direction
dodge
vsjink
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2.7
A quick movement to avoid being hit
is specifically a quick change of direction to avoid someone or something
9.9
A sudden sharp movement in a machine or vehicle
is an intentional evasive direction change to avoid someone or something
How Sudden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jink comes from an old Scots word that meant 'to move quickly aside' to avoid danger or another person. So a jink is a sudden quick turn or dodge used to escape someone or something.