shink
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
The sound of something metal, such as a blade, sliding (along other metal, along a whetstone, etc).
Example Sentences
- "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[…]"
- "The men-at-arms knocked their visors down with the edges of their shields, a multiple metallic shink-shink sound, transformed from men to steel figures[…]"
- "Shink...Shink! The sword is drawn across the stone. The right angle, the right speed, and the right amount times ... blade from becoming dull, but."
- "SHINK. SHINK. My sword blade slid smoothly against the whetstone. I lifted the blade and tested the sharpness before dripping more water on the stone and repeating the motions."
- "SHINK! Maraki's sword impales the demon from behind."
- "Knocked off balance from Bell's charge, the cleaver was useless in defense. SHINK! The knife buried itself into the Minotaur's right hand, cutting flesh, bone and tendons alike."
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.