jink

Meanings

Noun

• A quick evasive turn.

Verb

• To make a quick evasive turn or turns to confuse pursuers, incoming fire, etc.
• To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.
• 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.
• To elude; to cheat.

Origin

• Origin Unknown. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests onomatopoeia for motion. Attested since the 18th century.