Definitions for dinky

dinky dink·y

Spelling: [ding-kee]
IPA: /ˈdɪŋ ki/

Dinky is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in dinky (dikny).

Definitions for dinky

noun

  1. dinkey.
  2. a small locomotive, especially with a switch engine.

adjective

  1. Informal. small, unimportant, unimpressive, or shabby:
  2. British Informal. fashionable; well dressed; smart.

Origin of dinky

1780-90; compare Scots dink neatly dressed, trim (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; see -y1

Examples for dinky

dinky Bradford, sez I after thinkin a moment; but Im delegated to speak for him.

The dinky engine, with its train of flat-cars, was steaming toward him.

I know you can kill that hawk up there; but not with that dinky little thing.

Why do you bother with a dinky office like the one you started out for?

You think that this tragedy has given you an opportunity to catapult you [sic] dinky blog and newspaper to new heights.

"That's my dinky little religion, dear old Miss Hamilton," said Bones.

And the speed229 he gets out of that dinky little roadster is amazin'.

dinky, sez Badger-face, the only thing I got again you is your size.

Look at the legs, with the dinky pantalets—aren't they dreams?

I know more about artillery than half their dinky West Pointers.

Word Value for dinky
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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