twink
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Động từ
verb- 1.
To twinkle; to sparkle.
- 2.
(dialectal)(now dialectal) To wink.
- 3.
To chirp or twitter.
- 4.
(derogatory, intransitive)(intransitive, gaming, derogatory) To engage in obnoxious or abusive behaviour in a multi-user dungeon or other roleplaying game, for example by griefing or by equipping a low-level character with advanced equipment from another player.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
One or more very small, short bursts of light.
1921, Almira Bailey, “The Bay on Sunday Morning” in Vignettes of San Francisco, San Francisco: The San Francisco Journal, p. 18, […] chug of the fishermen’s boats, twink of lights in the harbor at night […]
Đồng nghĩa: twinkle, glint
- 2.
A very short moment of time.
Đồng nghĩa: instant, twinkling, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink, flash, glimpse, half a mo, instant, jiff, jiffy, jot, minute, mo, moment, New York minute, New York second, no time, sec, second, span, split-second, spurt, stound, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, while
- 3.
The chaffinch.
- 4.
(slang)(gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.
Đồng nghĩa: chicken
- 5.
(derogatory, slang)A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.
Đồng nghĩa: pretty boy, fairy, bading, big girl's blouse, cockney, cot-quean, cupcake, dudelet, fakaleiti, fairy, femboy, gentleman, ginch, girl's blouse, girlyman, janegirl, jessie, nancy, nancyboy, nancy pants, pansy, Percy, poof, poofter, posy sniffer, pretty boy, puss-gentleman, quiche-eater, sissy, softling, soy boy, swish, twink, zenana
- 6.
(Internet, derogatory, mildly)(online gaming, mildly derogatory) A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) which is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player.
- 7.
(Internet, dated, derogatory)(online gaming, derogatory, dated) A player in a multi-user dungeon (MUD) who engages in abusive min-maxing behaviour and exploits or took advantage of other players for personal gain.
- 8.
(New Zealand, uncountable)Correction fluid or correction tape.
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From Middle English twinken, twynken, from Old English *twincian (to wink; twinkle), from *twinkōn, from Proto-Germanic *twinkōną, an augmented form (with formative *-kōną; see) of Proto-Germanic *twint- (to twinkle). Cognate with zwinken, zwingen, modern zwinkern, twinc, zwinzen, zwinzern (to blink, blink hard).