to be a dink
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9.9
- phrasal verb
- Offensive
- She told him not to be a dink about losing the game.
Examples
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Please don’t be a dink; cooperate with the rest of the team.
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Don't be a dink at the party!
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If you be a dink at the party, people won’t want to invite you again.
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Why do you always be a dink when we hang out?
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Please don’t be a dink; just listen to everyone's opinion and contribute positively.
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If you continue to be a dink during meetings, your coworkers will start to avoid you.
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He tends to be a dink when he's tired, making it hard for everyone to enjoy the evening.
Synonyms
198
2.1
Act in a foolish or playful way without taking things seriously
10
8.0
To behave in a silly or embarrassing way to get attention
6
9.9
To act rudely and annoy other people
2
8.1
To act in a silly, embarrassing way to make people laugh
1
9.9
To make yourself look foolish by doing or saying silly things
1
9.9
Act in a rude, foolish way that annoys or upsets other people
1
9.9
Act in a foolish, annoying way instead of being serious
1
9.9
To talk or act in a silly, unimportant way
1
6.8
Behave in a silly, clumsy way to make people laugh at you
1
9.4
Act in a foolish way and ignore good advice
1
9.9
To behave in a rude, stupid way
1
9.9
Act in a rude, unkind way toward other people
1
9.9
Act in a foolish, clumsy way
1
9.9
To act in a foolish way
1
9.9
Behave in a rude and stupid way
1
9.9
To behave rudely and foolishly in a way that annoys or embarrasses people
1
9.9
To behave rudely or foolishly in a way that annoys others
1
9.5
To do something silly without thinking
1
9.9
Act in a silly or stupid way
1
9.6
Behave in a silly, careless way to avoid serious talk
Behave in a rude, annoying, and foolish way toward other people
To act in a rude, annoying way that other people dislike
Act in a silly and annoying way
To behave in a rude and annoying way
To behave in a rude and annoying way
To behave very rudely and make other people angry or upset
Behave rudely and selfishly and annoy other people
Behave in a very rude and thoughtless way that upsets other people
To behave in a very foolish and rude way
To behave in a stupid and rude way
To behave in a foolish, clumsy way that makes people laugh
To behave foolishly or clumsily
To behave in a foolish and clumsy way
Behave in a silly, clumsy way
To do silly things that make problems for yourself
Act in a silly, embarrassing way
To behave in a silly, awkward way that looks foolish
To behave in a silly or annoying way
To treat other people rudely and think only about yourself
Antonyms
How Irritating
25
7.5
2
8.0
68
2.9
- Offensive
1
9.9
62
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'be' + 'a' + noun ('dink' = an annoying/stupid person) yields the meaning 'to be (act like) such a person', so a learner who knows the constituent words can derive the sense. Although 'dink' is slang, the syntactic pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, making the overall MWE predictable to a B1 learner who knows the parts.
Etymology
Be a dink comes from the informal word dink, used for someone small and annoying. Imagine a person doing silly, annoying things that bother others—so to be a dink means 'to act in a foolish or irritating manner'.