Definitions for brinks

brinks brink

Spelling: [bringk]
IPA: /brɪŋk/

Brinks is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in brinks (biknrs).

Definitions for brinks

noun

  1. the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.
  2. any extreme edge; verge.
  3. a crucial or critical point, especially of a situation or state beyond which success or catastrophe occurs:

Origin of brinks

1250-1300; Middle English brink Old Norse (Danish) brink, cognate with MLG brink edge, hillside, Old Norse brekka slope, hill

Examples for brinks

It was on the brink of the Barrage itself that I spoke to Bailey.

We lightly debate, we hesitate, we yawn, unconscious of the brink.

Emergent procedures provide their benefit right away and have the awesome potential to rescue a patient from the brink of death.

Calendar waddled to the brink of the stage, grunting with relief.

But things were once a lot closer to the brink than most people knew.

Meanwhile, their Missouri hometown appears to be on the brink of chaos.

I followed with the others round the corner to arrive at the brink of the canyon.

It was probably his daughter who led him back from the brink of the grave.

She was sexually and verbally abused, leading her to the brink of suicide.

It is conceivable, if highly unlikely, that most Palestinians will try to pull back from the brink.

Word Value for brinks
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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