twink

noun10

1. •
   (slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.

   • “Where are the twinks anyway? They usually have the decency to provide one or two decorative twinks… Jesus, who needs to waste a night staring at these tired old Gucci queens.” — 1978
2. •
   (slang, offensive) A weak or effeminate man, whether gay or not.
3. •
   (Internet) A lower-level character in a roleplaying game (MMO) who is artificially overgeared or overpowered, due to being given advanced equipment or resources via a higher-level character controlled by the same player.

   • Bind-on-account was an innovation that allowed players to transfer goods to their own twinks, but not to those of other players. — 2015
4. •
   (New-Zealand) Correction fluid or correction tape.
5. •
   One or more very small, short bursts of light.

   • […] chug of the fishermen’s boats, twink of lights in the harbor at night […] — 1921
6. •
   A very short moment of time.

   • […] in a twink she won me to her love. — 1590
7. •
   (disapproving, old-fashioned) A player in a multi-user dungeon (MUD) who engages in abusive min-maxing behaviour and exploits or took advantage of other players for personal gain.

   • I certainly don't consider myself a twink; however it seems that anyone who doesn't agree with another's point of view is automatically labelled as such. — 1997
8. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) A new recruit.

   • He was a twink—a recruit—no longer, but a sophomore at least, and, since this was war's campus, accelerating you no end, maybe a junior already. — 1988
9. •
   A sound made by the chaffinch and some other birds.
10. •
    The chaffinch.

verb4

1. •
   To twinkle; to sparkle.
2. •
   To engage in obnoxious or abusive behaviour in a multi-user dungeon or other roleplaying game, for example by griefing or by equipping a low-level character with advanced equipment from another player.

   • Twinking happens in virtual worlds with PD, but not to the same extent. — 2004
3. •
   (dialect) To wink.
4. •
   To chirp or twitter.

noun1

1. •
   (New-Zealand) Synonym of correction fluid.