Dink or DINK may refer to:
Places
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Dink, Plovdiv Province Dink ( bg, Динк) is a village in Southern Bulgaria, Maritsa Municipality, Plovdiv Province. As of 15th of June 2020, the village has a population count of 909.
Geography
Dink is located in the Upper Thracian Plain, 16 kilometers southeast o ...
, a village in Bulgaria
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Dink, West Virginia
Dink is an unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers clas ...
, an unincorporated community in the United States
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Dink Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
Entertainment
Characters
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Dink Meeker
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This is a partial list of characters in the ''Ender's Game'' series.
Wiggin family
* Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is the prota ...
, in the ''Ender's Game'' series of books by Orson Scott Card
* "Dink" Dunkin, a child detective in the ''
A to Z Mysteries
A to Z Mysteries is a popular series of mysteries for children, written by Ron Roy, illustrated by John Steven Gurney, and published by Random House. The series is generally considered among the best "easy readers" for young children. There ar ...
'' novel series
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Dink Stover, in stories and novels by Owen Johnson
* Dink, a child character in the 1931 film ''
The Champ'', played by Jackie Cooper
* Dink, in the 1953 film ''
The Clown'', a remake of ''The Champ''
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Dink (James Bond), a woman in the James Bond film ''Goldfinger''
* Dinks, a group of munchkin-like characters in red robes in the 1987 movie ''
Spaceballs
''Spaceballs'' is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. It is primarily a parody of the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy, but also parodies other sci-fi films and popular franchises including ...
''
* Dink Jenkins, in the 2000 film ''
My Dog Skip
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''My Dog Skip'' is a memoir by Willie Morris published by Random House in 1995.
''My Dog Skip'' is the story about nine-year-old Willie Morris growing up in Yazoo City, Mississippi, a tale of a boy and his dog in ...
'', played by Luke Wilson
* Bud Dink, on the Nickelodeon and Disney television series ''
Doug
Doug is a male personal name (or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is sometimes a given name (or "first name"), but more often it is hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) which ...
''
* the title character of ''
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
''Dink, the Little Dinosaur'' is an American animated series created by Karen Willson and Chris Weber, produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises. The series originally aired as part of CBS's Saturday morning line-up from 1989 to 1990.
Plot
The series ...
'', a 1980s American children's animated series
* Dink, a recurring character in the TV series ''
Private Practice Private practice may refer to:
*Private sector practice
**Practice of law
In its most general sense, the practice of law involves giving legal advice to clients, drafting legal documents for clients, and representing clients in legal negotiati ...
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* Dink, in the animated TV series ''
Cubeez
''Cubeez'' is a British computer-animated preschool education television series that was broadcast between 2000 and 2001 on GMTV's Kids. It is aimed at pre-school children aged 2–5. The four box-like characters, Bozz, Doody, Dink and Tizzy ar ...
''
* the main character of ''
Dink Smallwood
''Dink Smallwood'' is an action role-playing video game developed by Robinson Technologies at the time consisting of Seth Robinson, Justin Martin, and Greg Smith. It was first released in 1998 before being released as freeware on October 17, 1999. ...
'', a role-playing video game made in 1997
Other
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Dink (band)
Dink (styled DINK), was an alternative (music), alternative/industrial rock band formed in Kent, Ohio in 1992. The band combined elements of Industrial music, industrial, Hip hop music, Hip Hop (rapped vocals and extensive use of samples), hard r ...
, an American industrial rock band
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D.I.N.K", a season 2 episode of ''Sanjay and Craig''
People
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Dink (nickname)
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Arat Dink
Arat Dink (born 1979) is a Turkish journalist and the executive editor of ''Agos'', a bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper published in Istanbul. He is the son of Rakel Dink and Hrant Dink, the former editor-in-chief of the same paper, who ...
(born 1979), Turkish journalist
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Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink ( hy, Հրանդ Տինք; Western ; 15 September 1954 – 19 January 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian intellectual, editor-in-chief of ''Agos'', journalist and columnist.
As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspa ...
(1954–2007), Turkish-Armenian editor and journalist
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Claude Giroux (wrestler)
Claude Giroux (born July 13, 1956) is a Canadian-born midget wrestler whose career spans over 20 years. He is still active in the Canadian Independent circuit. Giroux's biggest exposure came when he performed as Doink the Clown's sidekick Dink in ...
(born 1956), midget wrestler who used the ring name Dink
Slang
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DINK (acronym)
"DINK" is an acronym that stands for "double income, no kids" or "dual income, no kids". It describes a couple without children living together while both partners are receiving an income; because both of their wages are coming into the same house ...
or "Dual Income, No Kids", a couple living together with no kids
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Beanie (seamed cap)
In the United States, a beanie is a head-hugging brimless cap, sometimes made from triangular panels of material joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides. Beanies may be made of cloth, felt, wool, leather, or silk.
In ...
, occasionally known as a "dink" in the context of American college hazing
*In
first-person shooter
First-person shooter (FPS) is a sub-genre of shooter video games centered on gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action through the eyes of the protagonist and controlling the pl ...
games, a headshot that does not kill the player
* Dinks was one of the derogatory terms used to refer to the
Viet Cong
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, war = the Vietnam War
, image = FNL Flag.svg
, caption = The flag of the Viet Cong, adopted in 1960, is a variation on the flag of North Vietnam. Sometimes the lower stripe was green.
, active ...
or
NVA.
Sports
* In
footvolley
Footvolley ( pt, Futevôlei in Brazil, ''Futevólei'' in Portugal) is a sport which combines aspects of beach volleyball and association football.
Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in 1965 in Brazil. Footvolley combines field rules tha ...
, hitting the ball over the net with one's head
* In
pickleball
Pickleball is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where two players (singles), or four players (doubles), hit a perforated hollow polymer ball over a net using solid-faced paddles. Opponents on either side of the net hit the ball back and ...
, a soft shot made by a player while near their own non-volley zone, into their opponent's non-volley zone
* In
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
, chipping the ball lightly
* In tennis, a soft
drop shot
A drop shot is a shot in some racket sports in which the ball (or birdie) is hit relatively softly, sometimes with topspin or backspin, so that it lands just over and close to the net. A well-placed and well-timed drop shot will make it difficult ...
* In
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
, tapping the ball just barely over the net after faking a spike
See also
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Dinker (disambiguation)
Dinker may refer to;
* Dinker, a player of pickleball that excels at dinking
* Dinker Belle Rai, an Indian American vascular surgeon
* Dinker-Irvin House, an historic house in Bethany Beach, Delaware.
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Dinking (disambiguation)
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Dinky (disambiguation)
Dinky may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Dinky Toys, a brand of die-cast toy vehicles
* Dinky (film), a 1935 film starring Jackie Cooper
* Dinky Bossetti, protagonist of the 1990 film ''Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael'', played by Winona Ryder
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Rinky Dink (disambiguation)
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Turkish-language surnames