jink /d͡ʒɪŋk/verb 5noun 2forms 3 verb5 •To make a quick evasive turn or turns to confuse pursuers, incoming fire, etc.But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkin, / An' cheat you yet. — 1786 •To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.Jink it he did. Norton pushed the aircraft left just as he was at the bottom of his loop. — 2000 •To clink or chink against.So they put on a bit of extra pace and were nearly through that section when they heard voices coming out of a clump of bushes and the sound of plates being jinked together. — 1936 •To elude; to cheat. •In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful. noun2 •A quick evasive turn. •A jack or knucklebone used in the game of jinks (possibly derived from the Scottish game high jinks). formsjinked · jinking · jinks