Definition of rinky-dink
rinky-dink 
adjective
- easy or unchallenging.
Their high school courses are rinky-dink.
- See more words with the same meaning: easy, simple.
Last edited on May 19 1998. Submitted by Alida Johnson from Tennessee, USA on May 19 1998.
- of poor quality; CHEAP.
Hondas, when they were first manufactured, were pretty rinky-dink cars.
- See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.
Last edited on Dec 11 1999. Submitted by Harry R. from Morganville, NJ, USA on Dec 11 1999.
- small.
I couldn't stand being in that rinky-dink town any longer.
- See more words with the same meaning: small.
Last edited on Dec 11 1999. Submitted by Harry R. from Morganville, NJ, USA on Dec 11 1999.
- clumsy and amateurish in operation, in reference to a small-scale business or organization with limited resources.
There is a rinky-dink one-plane airstrip near our house.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: small.
Last edited on Dec 11 1999. Submitted by Harry R. from Morganville, NJ, USA on Dec 11 1999.
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| Definitions include: inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: really bad, disgusting. | |
| Definitions include: bad. Possible origin: Shakespeare's Hamlet. | |
| Definitions include: a dirty or promiscuous female. | |
| Definitions include: to fail to meet someone at a designated location. | |
| Definitions include: "shitty". | |
| Definitions include: run down or impoverished. | |
| Definitions include: to end an intimate relationship with someone. | |
| Definitions include: anything displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: "stupid". | |
| Definitions include: inadequate, displeasing, or of poor quality. | |
| Definitions include: off-brand. | |
| Definitions include: the worst. | |
| Definitions include: a person's story: what they would have you believe. | |
Other terms relating to 'business (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "another bloody cathedral" or "another bloody church". | |
| Definitions include: To copy or plagiarize, commonly used by emcees to indicate a plagiarist. | |
| Definitions include: high-paying, with good benefits, etc. | |
| Definitions include: McDonald's. | |
| Definitions include: speech commonly found in corporations, often filled with buzzwords, jargon, and "verbed" nouns. | |
| Definitions include: a "traditional" business with a physical presence. | |
| Definitions include: pejorative alteration of "venture capitalist". | |
| Definitions include: a lucrative endeavor that requires little work. | |
| Definitions include: a residence or work place. | |
| Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement. | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: busy. | |
| Definitions include: workers. | |
| Definitions include: money used to start a business. | |
| Definitions include: a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal. | |
Other terms relating to 'easy, simple': | |
| Definitions include: easy. | |
| Definitions include: something that's easy. | |
| Definitions include: interjection indicating something will be easy. | |
| Definitions include: being "a cinch", i.e. easy. | |
| Definitions include: very easy. | |
| Definitions include: a contraction for "give me". | |
| Definitions include: displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: an easy task. | |
| Definitions include: to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical. | |
| Definitions include: of an entire task, the easy portions. | |
Other terms relating to 'small': | |
| Definitions include: underpowered. | |
| Definitions include: "little". | |
| Definitions include: ghetto | |
| Definitions include: small. | |
| Definitions include: suffix indicating a small version of something. | |
| Definitions include: affectionate form of reference or address for one's significant other. | |
| Definitions include: very small. | |
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Other terms relating to 'dink': | |
| Definitions include: stupid, useless, dip shit. | |
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