What does "bink" mean?
A bench.
Bink
noun, verb
noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A bench.
- Grammar: bink is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: pacifier.
- Usage evidence: He bouns him to the house, An' sits him doon upo' the bink, An' plaits a theet, or mends a mink, To sair an aifter use .
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bench. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"He bouns him to the house, An' sits him doon upo' the bink, An' plaits a theet, or mends a mink, To sair an aifter use ."
- 2 A pacifier. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"Even though we don't agree with the practice of the use of the bink in our house, Gideon was an exception."
- 3 A musical, percussive noise; plink. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"The knob turned—.bink, bink, bink, on the treble keys ."
- 4 A table or similar surface for laying out items. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"According to the most painstaking among our etymologist, the name was first conferred upon one who, in his attendance upon weddings and other convivial occasions, rendered himself so agreeable to the company by his skill in whistling, that he was allowed to sit at the bink, or board , and partake of the good things free of all expense; an honour , in the early ages of our history , which was only conferred on the highest degree of merit."
- 5 A sideboard or shelf unit for holding dishes. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"We have it in a manuscript; the good-man keeps it, as we think, Behind a dish, upon the bink."
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- 6 A mountain ledge. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"Up thro' the cleughs, where bink on bink was set, Scrambling wi' hands and feet she taks the gate,"
- 7 A long cut in peat moss, marking a section from which blocks of peat are cut. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"They carry on the section, or the bink as they term it, of a convenient depth for easier cutting, frequently using the moss of least value above, and leaving that which is of much greater value."
- 8 A hive. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"This splendid attire, however, saves them not from being rudely handled; and we remember the day when an artificial bink, that is , a little box made of clay , with a piece of glass at one end , and a sprinkling of sugar at the other , contained as many captives in proportion to its size as the black hole at Calcutta ."
Verb
- 1 To shelter or become trapped on a ledge or crag. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"On June 2nd, the last day of this season, Bowman spent six hours extricating as many hounds who had got themselves binked on Catle Crag in Mardale."
- 2 To make a bink noise. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"My tinny typing binked."
- 3 To cut a bink in peat moss. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"On June last he caused his servants cast a number of "peittis for elding unto his hous in the mosse of belonging to him heritablie, and they having binked the same and left thame in the mosse , " returned home to their master's house at night ."
- 4 To poke lightly. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
"It didn't hurt, not at all, but at that moment, as that ballpoint binked my chest, something binked inside my head."
- 5 To win, especially a substantial amount due to luck. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"He bouns him to the house, An' sits him doon upo' the bink, An' plaits a theet, or mends a mink, To sair an aifter use ."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bink"?
Common synonyms include: pacifier.
How do you use "bink" in a sentence?
He bouns him to the house, An' sits him doon upo' the bink, An' plaits a theet, or mends a mink, To sair an aifter use .
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English bink, binke, variants of Middle English benk, benke, from Old English benc (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. More at bench.
Etymology 2
Clipping of binky.
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeia