A dinky thing.
dinky
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dinky.
Editorial note
Thus you can run nix on anything from a dinky single core SoC to a warehouse sized compute cluster.
Quick take
A dinky thing.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of dinky gathered in one view.
(slang) A person in a relationship with double income and no kids
(Appalachia) A small mine car; especially, a small coal car.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for dinky.
noun
A dinky thing.
See also: attractive, little, small
noun
(slang) A person in a relationship with double income and no kids
See also: attractive, little, small
noun
(Appalachia) A small mine car; especially, a small coal car.
See also: attractive, little, small
adjective
(informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
See also: attractive, little, small
Example sentences
Thus you can run nix on anything from a dinky single core SoC to a warehouse sized compute cluster.
The dictionary says that there's a US meaning of dinky meaning 'inconsequential' which seems to make sense.
Rather than launching dinky little space capsules, they were planning on launching thousands of tonnes into orbit.
Even when people buy 5.1 surround, they usually compromise with dinky satellites and a big sub.
The people getting mobile right are those making dinky little apps and then selling them for a billion dollars or more.
How in the hell would that work for some dinky little mobile game?
Most of the taxis in the local town are little dinky box-like EVs.
Home Streaming also works really surprisingly well, although it feels weird to play GPU-heavy games like Shadow of Mordor on my dinky little Macbook.
And that's just on a dinky little desktop with current tech.
I guess he's using a different meaning of 'dinky' to the one I'm used to.
But seeing the actual pieces in person, especially some Picasso and Pollock, is quite a different experience than seeing dinky little prints in an art book.
Though UF has a lot of talented students, because Gainesville is a dinky city, it doesn't have the same startup resources as on the west cost.
Quote examples
One might describe those as "dinky tasks."
While "Web 1.0" actually went bust because of funding, it costs practically nothing to build something and run it on a dinky little server.
I'm American (US) and I had no idea what the author meant by "dinky" either.
For me, the trade off versus lugging around one of those monstrous "portable workstations" compared to my dinky little plastic Lenovo is well worth it.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use dinky in a sentence?
Thus you can run nix on anything from a dinky single core SoC to a warehouse sized compute cluster.
What does dinky mean?
A dinky thing.
What part of speech is dinky?
dinky is commonly used as noun, adjective.