Jink

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  • intransitive verb. To make a quick, evasive turn.
  • intransitive verb. To cause (a vehicle or an aircraft, for example) to make a quick, evasive turn.
  • noun. A quick, evasive turn.
  • noun. Rambunctious play; frolic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To jingle; chink: as, the money jinked.
  • noun. A quick illusory turn; the act of eluding another.
  • noun. In the card-games of spoil-five and forty-five, the winning of all the tricks in a hand by one side.
  • To move nimbly.
  • To make a quick turn; dodge; elude a person by dodging; escape.
  • In the card-games of spoil-five and forty-five, to win the game by winning all the tricks in one hand.
  • To elude; dodge.
  • To cheat; trick.
  • noun. The sharp jingle of coins; hence, coin itself; chink.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To move quickly, esp. with a sudden turn; hence, to dodge; to escape by a quick turn; -- obs. or dial., except as a hunting term in pig-sticking.
  • intransitive verb. In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to play to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A quick evasive turn.
  • verb. To make a quick evasive turn.
  • verb. To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.
  • Word Usage
    "Delap has picked up a booking for a foul in the build-up.80 mins Excellent challenge from Shawcross inside the box, as Aston Villa break rapidly from a Stoke corner –Delfouneso feeding Albrighton down by the corner of the six-yard area and the latter looking to jink his way past the defender but finding the ball pinched off his toes as he skips down towards the goalline."
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    Form
    high jinks  jinky  
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    verb-form
    jinked  jinking  jinks