dinky

[US]/'dɪŋkɪ/
[UK]/'dɪŋki/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. very small; neat; insignificant
Word Forms
Pluraldinkies

Phrases & Collocations

dinky little car

dinky toy

dinky apartment

dinky boutique

Example Sentences

the village boasts dinky shops and tea rooms.

I can't believe the dinky salaries they pay here.

In the 1980s we got stuck in a language of acronyms, full of yuppies, dinkies and nimbyism.

a dinky little car

Real-world Examples

It feels like a dinky version of an august academic institution.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It's a dinky little convention where they sell collectibles and get sad Dlist celebrities to appear. Why?

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

Uranus has more than two dozen moons: five big ones and a bunch of dinkier ones.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

At 2700 kilometers across it's smaller than our own Moon, but the rest of them are really dinky.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

So, we got to do a three-way dinky.

Source: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Making matters worse, it's a dinky planet, only about 4900 kilometers in diameter, about a third the Earth's width.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

They're the little dinky ones that look like tiny smiles.

Source: The Ocean At The End Of The Lane

After its giant size and its huge teeth, the thing we most notice about T. Rex are its dinky, little arms, these tiny, little arms that can't even reach its mouth.

Source: Discovery Channel: Battle of the Dinosaurs

BEHIND curlicues of cigarette smoke and with the gentle tones of wartime tunes wafting from a tape deck, Alf Biber is back on his feet after the looting of his dinky Tottenham barbershop (above).

Source: The Economist - International

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