Dink or DINK may refer to:

Places

Dink, Plovdiv Province Dink () is a village in Southern Bulgaria, Maritsa Municipality, Plovdiv Province. As of 15 June 2020, the village has a population of 909. Geography Dink is located in the Upper Thracian Plain, southeast of Plovdiv, at an elevation ranging be ...

, a village in Bulgaria * Dink, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Dink Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica

Entertainment

Characters

* Dink Meeker, in the ''Ender's Game'' series of books by Orson Scott Card * "Dink" Dunkin, a child detective in the ''

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'' novel series * Dink Stover, in stories and novels by Owen Johnson * Dink, a child character in the 1931 film '' The Champ'', played by Jackie Cooper * Dink, in the 1953 film '' The Clown'', a remake of ''The Champ'' * Dink (James Bond), a woman in the James Bond film ''Goldfinger'' * Dinks, a group of munchkin-like characters in red robes in the 1987 movie ''

Spaceballs ''Spaceballs'' is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. It primarily parodies the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy, but also other popular franchises such as ''Star Trek'', '' Alien'', '' The Wi ...

'' * Dink Jenkins, in the 2000 film '' My Dog Skip'', played by Luke Wilson * Bud Dink, on the Nickelodeon and Disney television series '' Doug'' * the title character of '' Dink, the Little Dinosaur'', a 1980s American children's animated series * Dink, a recurring character in the TV series '' Private Practice'' * Dink, in the animated TV series '' Cubeez'' * the main character of '' Dink Smallwood'', a role-playing video game made in 1997

Other

* Dink (band), an American industrial rock band * " D.I.N.K", a season 2 episode of ''Sanjay and Craig'' * The Dink, an American comedy film about the sport of pickleball

People

* Dink (nickname) *

Arat Dink Arat Dink (Արատ Դինք born 1979) is a Turkish Armenian journalist and the executive editor of ''Agos'', a bilingual Turkish Armenian weekly newspaper published in Istanbul. He is the son of Rakel Dink and Hrant Dink, the former editor-in ...

(born 1979), Turkish journalist *

Hrant Dink Hrant Dink (; Western ; 15 September 1954 – 19 January 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian intellectual, editor-in-chief of ''Agos'', journalist, and columnist. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper ''Agos'', Dink was a ...

(1954–2007), Turkish-Armenian editor and journalist * Claude Giroux (wrestler) (born 1956), midget wrestler who used the ring name Dink * Oliver Humperdink (born John Sutton 1949-2011), professional wrestling manager who used the ring name Big Daddy Dink

Slang

* DINK (Dual Income, No Kids), a working, cohabiting or married couple who do not have children *

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, occasionally known as a "dink" in the context of American college hazing *In

first-person shooter A first-person shooter (FPS) is a video game genre, video game centered on gun fighting and other weapon-based combat seen from a First person (video games), first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action directly through t ...

games, a headshot that does not kill the player * Dinks was one of the derogatory terms used to refer to the

Viet Cong The Viet Cong (VC) was an epithet and umbrella term to refer to the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam. It was formally organized as and led by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, and ...

or NVA.

Sports

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footvolley Footvolley ( in Brazil, ''Futevólei'' in Portugal) (first known as pevoley) is a sport that combines aspects of beach volleyball and association football. Similar to Kick Volleyball and Futnet. Footvolley was created by Octavio de Moraes in ...

, hitting the ball over the net with one's head * In

pickleball Pickleball is a racket or paddle sport in which two or four players use a smooth-faced paddle to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infraction. Pickleball is played i ...

, a soft shot made by a player while near their own non-volley zone, into their opponent's non-volley zone * In

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

, chipping the ball lightly * In

sportfishing Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is occupational fishing activities done for profit (economics), profit; or subs ...

, an undersized, unwanted catch * In tennis, a soft

drop shot A drop shot is a shot in some racket sports in which the ball (or birdie) is hit relatively softly, sometimes with topspin or backspin, so that it lands just over and close to the net. A well-placed and well-timed drop shot will make it difficult ...