1.
[syn: dinky, dinkey]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. small and insignificant;
- Example: "we stayed in a dinky old hotel"
2. (British informal) pretty and neat;
- Example: "what a dinky little hat"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dinky \dinky\ adj.
1. small and insignificant; shabby or unimpressive; as, he
drove to work in a dinky old Volkswagen; we stayed in a
dinky little hotel. [informal]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. pretty and neat; fashionable or well-dressed; as, what a
dinky little hat. [British informal]
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dinky
adj 1: small and insignificant; "we stayed in a dinky old hotel"
2: (British informal) pretty and neat; "what a dinky little hat"
n 1: a small locomotive [syn: dinky, dinkey]