shink
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shink¹
Where it comes from
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.
verb shinks · shinking · shinked
- To pour or serve wine or beer; to skink.
shink²
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic. Compare shunk.
interjection
- The sound of something metal, such as a blade, sliding (along other metal, along a whetstone, etc). 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[…]
- In particular, the sound of a blade sliding into or out of something. SHINK! Maraki's sword impales the demon from behind.
verb shinks · shinking · shinked
- To slide with the shink sound of metal sliding.
