Shink
intj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To pour or serve wine or beer; to skink.
- 2 To slide with the shink sound of metal sliding.
- 1 The sound of something metal, such as a blade, sliding (along other metal, along a whetstone, etc).
"The shink of a blade drawn from its scabbard rent the air. The dim light of a wall torch flashed upon the steel. With a lunge in tierce, Riccoboni slashed at the small man by his side. Pasquale groped clumsily at his waist for his own sword[…]"
- 2 The sound of something metal, such as a blade, sliding (along other metal, along a whetstone, etc).; In particular, the sound of a blade sliding into or out of something.
"SHINK! Maraki's sword impales the demon from behind."
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More examples"The shink of a blade drawn from its scabbard rent the air. The dim light of a wall torch flashed upon the steel. With a lunge in tierce, Riccoboni slashed at the small man by his side. Pasquale groped clumsily at his waist for his own sword[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English shynken, schenken, schenchen (“to pour, pour a drink”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankijan, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Doublet of skink.
Onomatopoeic. Compare shunk.
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