jinky
/ˈd͡ʒɪŋki/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Mazy, windy, zigzagging in its motion.
Example Sentences
- "Trap the long ball to the wing on the run, carry it down the touch-line at speed, passing the half-back with a body-swerve, take the ball almost to the corner flag, then cut inside the fullback with a jinky one-two, and place the ball […]"
- "The 2nd is a jinky little 345 yards, and is anything but simple. A large eucalyptus tree on the right, 100 yards out, shuts off half of the target area from the tee. A big bunker on the left at 220 yards tightens it even further, […]"
- "He's also quite jinky off his feet. He steps through tackles and offloads there are no frills. He brings other players into the game."
- "Coming out second best then, he then tried a jinky dribble from right to left, only to find McCann standing in his way again."
- "2007 John O'Groat Journal - Millbank Man o' Steel event brings season to a close Darren was the smallest on the pitch he is certainly not fazed by the bigger lads and his jinky runs regularly stretched the opposition to the limit"
- "Unfortunately it was my faster, jinkier pals who could get past the security guards and I'd always end up getting stopped."
Etymology
From jink + -y.