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English word origin

Etymology of shink

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.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
verb

To pour or serve wine or beer; to skink.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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.

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Source etymology 2

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verb

To slide with the shink sound of metal sliding.

intj

The sound of something metal, such as a blade, sliding (along other metal, along a whetstone, etc). · In particular, the sound of a blade sliding into or out of something.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Onomatopoeic. Compare shunk.

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