hink

See also: Hink

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

hink (plural hinks)

1. (obsolete) A reaping hook.

See also

• hink pink (etymologically unrelated)

References

• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Hink”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
• “hink”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Kinh

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Verb

hink

1. inflection of hinken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

hink

1. singular imperative of hinken

Haush

Alternative forms

• enk

Noun

hink

1. man

References

• Charles Wellington Furlong, The Haush And Ona, Primitive Tribes Of Tierra Del Fuego, in the Proceedings Of The Nineteenth International Congress Of Americanists (December 1915)
• Voces en el viento: raíces lingüísticas de la Patagonia : lingüística comparativa de las lenguas aborígenes del sur del continente americano (2005): genk'e-nK 'paisano', es un derivado de un término de significado 'hombre', sólo mantenido en haush (Bridges 1948 ‹hink›, Tonelli ‹enk› 'hombre')

Scots

Etymology 1

Variant of think. From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þencan, þenċan, þenċean (“to think”), from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think, suppose, perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).

Verb

hink (third-person singular simple present hinks, present participle hinkin, simple past and past participle thought or thocht)

1. (many Scots dialects) to think.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *hinken, from Old English hincian (“to limp, halt, hobble”), from Proto-Germanic *hinkaną (“to limp, hobble, be injured”).

Verb

hink

1. (obsolete) to falter or limp.

Swedish

en gul plasthink [a yellow plastic bucket]

en sandhink [a sand bucket / pail]

hink och spade [bucket and spade]

Etymology

Uncertain. Arguably from Middle Low German henneke, hinke, from Hinrik. If so, doublet of Henke. Compare similar shift in meaning from personal name to device in German Heinz, Dietrich and English jack. Compare Finnish hinkalo (“grain bin”).

Noun

hink c

1. bucket (container)

   Synonym: (often larger) spann

   fylla en hink med vatten

   fill a bucket with water

   en hink (med) vatten

   a bucket of water

   "En hink med vatten" puts the focus on the bucket, similar to "a bucket with water" (the literal meaning). "En hink vatten" puts the focus on the water. Compare also the usage notes for glas.

   hälla en hink vatten över huvudet

   pour a bucket of water over one's head

   Without "med" to put the focus on the water.

2. (slang) alcohol, vodka

Declension

Declension of hink

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hink	hinks
	definite	hinken	hinkens
plural	indefinite	hinkar	hinkars
	definite	hinkarna	hinkarnas

Derived terms

• hink och spade (“bucket and spade”)
• hinkvis
• skurhink

Related terms

• hinka

See also

• spann
• stäva

References

• “hink”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “hink”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• hink in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• Slangopedia