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- Dictionarydinky/ˈdɪŋki/
adjective
- 1. (of an object or place) attractively small and neat: British "a dinky little restaurant"
- 2. disappointingly small; insignificant: North American "I can't believe the dinky salaries they pay here"
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abbreviation for double income no kids yet: a member of a young couple in which both partners earn a lot of money and are able to spend it on themselves because they have no children: This area is too expensive for most people to live in, but it's particularly popular with dinkies. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of DINKY is overly or unattractively small; also, British : attractively small : cute. How to use dinky in a sentence.
Dinky definition: small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby. See examples of DINKY used in a sentence.
abbreviation for double income no kids yet: a member of a young couple in which both partners earn a lot of money and are able to spend it on themselves because they have no children: This area is too expensive for most people to live in, but it's particularly popular with dinkies. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
If you describe something as dinky, you mean that it is small and unimportant. [ US , informal , disapproval ] The hotels are full up, and the guests have had to go to this dinky little motel way out on Stewart Avenue.
Definition of dinky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Something that's dinky is very small or unimportant. A college freshmen might be shocked at how dinky her dorm room is. You might live in a dinky apartment or sit down to a child's tea party, sipping out of dinky, doll-sized tea cups.
Jun 2, 2024 · ( informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable . They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip. Synonyms. [ edit] See also Thesaurus:tiny. Derived terms. [ edit] dinkily. dinkiness. Related terms. [ edit] dinky-di. inky-dinky.
Dinky definition: small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby. See examples of DINKY used in a sentence.
(informal, UK) Tiny and cute; small and attractive. Wiktionary. Synonyms: tiny. small. shabby. poor. petite. minor. miniature. insignificant. cute. Antonyms: big. huge. large. noun. Dinkey. Webster's New World.
