1. a small dent or nick in a surface
Usage: informal
2. a soft shot in tennis or other racket sports that drops just over the net
Usage: sports

1. to hit or strike lightly, making a small dent
Usage: informal
2. to hit a soft shot that drops just over the net in racket sports
Usage: sports

Examples

• There’s a small dink in the car door from the shopping cart.
• The baseball dinked the fence and left a mark.
• She hit a perfect dink that caught her opponent off guard.
• He dinked the ball over the net for an easy point.
• The hail left tiny dinks all over the hood of the car.
• Try to dink it softly so it lands in the front court.
• That dink in the wall needs to be repaired before painting.