rink
/ɹɪŋk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A surface for roller skating.
noun
A team in a competition.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "We played hockey all winter until the rink melted."
- "The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom."
- "However, it was a more chastening day for Britain's women's team, who were unable to repeat their statement win over Canada against the Swedish rink who denied them European gold in November."
- "Jack, who has a knack of knowing, seeing, and doing everything from its very beginning, had of course "rinked" on the only compo at that time laid down in London for the purpose, and visited by London's upper twenty."
Etymology
From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪŋk/
- British English: /ɹɪŋk/
Usage
- British usage
- Colloquial
- Dated
- Intransitive verb
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Sports.