Words that rhyme with frink

v 1: cause oneself to consider something 2: consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament"

n 1: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation] v 1: briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" [syn: blink, wink, nictitate, nictate] 2: force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" [syn: wink, blink, blink away] 3: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]

n 1: migratory American songbird [syn: bobolink, ricebird, reedbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus]

n 1: a region marking a boundary [syn: brink, threshold, verge] 2: the edge of a steep place 3: the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" [syn: verge, brink]

n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent [syn: chink, Chinaman] 2: a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall 3: a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click, clink] v 1: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink] 2: fill the chinks of, as with caulking 3: make cracks or chinks in; "The heat checked the paint" [syn: check, chink]

n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn: five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]

n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click, clink] 2: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey] v 1: make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast" 2: make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells" [syn: tinkle, tink, clink, chink]

n 1: a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface 2: a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole [syn: counterbore, countersink, countersink bit] v 1: insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) [syn: set, countersink]

n 1: jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt

n 1: a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids) 2: a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net [syn: drop shot, dink]

n 1: believing two contradictory ideas at the same time

n 1: a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner" 2: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence] 3: any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable] 4: any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued" 5: the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" [syn: swallow, drink, deglutition] v 1: take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" [syn: drink, imbibe] 2: consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night" [syn: drink, booze, fuddle] 3: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail] 4: be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage" [syn: drink in, drink] 5: drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife" [syn: drink, tope]

n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn: fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary] v 1: take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: fink, scab, rat, blackleg] 2: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure [syn: confess, squeal, fink]

v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink] 2: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" [syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false]

n 1: a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing 2: dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods v 1: append one's signature to; "They inked the contract" 2: mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink; "he inked his finger" 3: fill with ink; "ink a pen"

v 1: be interwoven or interconnected; "The bones are interconnected via the muscle" [syn: complect, interconnect, interlink] 2: cause to be interconnected or interwoven [syn: interconnect, interlink]

n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: crick, kink, rick, wrick] 2: a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight [syn: kink, twist, twirl] 3: a person with unusual sexual tastes 4: an eccentric idea 5: a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation; "there are still a few kinks to iron out" v 1: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink] 2: form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" [syn: curl, curve, kink]

n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series [syn: link, nexus] 2: a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction" [syn: link, linkup, tie, tie-in] 3: the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" [syn: connection, link, connectedness] [ant: disconnectedness, disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture] 4: a connecting shape [syn: connection, connexion, link] 5: a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain 6: (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list 7: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: liaison, link, contact, inter-group communication] 8: a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network [syn: radio link, link] 9: an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data [syn: link, data link] v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate] 2: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms" [syn: connect, link, tie, link up] [ant: disconnect] 3: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect, link, link up, join, unite] 4: link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn: yoke, link]

n 1: the expensive fur of a mink 2: fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks [syn: mink, mink coat] 3: slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur

adj 1: of a light shade of red [syn: pink, pinkish] n 1: a light shade of red 2: any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers [syn: pink, garden pink] 3: a person with mildly leftist political views [syn: pinko, pink] v 1: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: tap, rap, knock, pink] 2: sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" [syn: pink, ping, knock] 3: cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

v 1: dress very carefully and in a finicky manner 2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" [syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out] [ant: dress down, underdress]

n 1: thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase" [syn: reconsideration, second thought, afterthought, rethink] v 1: change one's mind; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation"

n 1: building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating [syn: rink, skating rink]

n 1: a physician who specializes in psychiatry [syn: psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrink] v 1: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither] 2: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail] 3: reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: shrink, reduce] 4: become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" [syn: shrink, contract] [ant: expand, spread out, stretch] 5: decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" [syn: shrink, shrivel]

n 1: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe 2: (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide" [ant: source] 3: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof [syn: sinkhole, sink, swallow hole] 4: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn: cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump] v 1: fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees" [syn: sink, drop, drop down] 2: cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor" 3: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana" [syn: sink, pass, lapse] 4: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn: sink, settle, go down, go under] [ant: float, swim] 5: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: sink, subside] 6: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" [syn: dip, sink] 7: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" [syn: slump, fall off, sink] 8: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" [syn: slump, slide down, sink] 9: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink]

n 1: alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide [syn: skink, scincid, scincid lizard]

v 1: walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"

n 1: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis] v 1: be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance; "This term paper stinks!" 2: smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" [syn: reek, stink]

v 1: make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts" [syn: synchronize, synchronise, sync] [ant: desynchronise, desynchronize]

n 1: an instance of deliberate thinking; "I need to give it a good think" v 1: judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" [syn: think, believe, consider, conceive] 2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess] 3: use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" [syn: think, cogitate, cerebrate] 4: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget] 5: imagine or visualize; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!" 6: focus one's attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin" 7: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" [syn: intend, mean, think] 8: decide by pondering, reasoning, or reflecting; "Can you think what to do next?" 9: ponder; reflect on, or reason about; "Think the matter through"; "Think how hard life in Russia must be these days" 10: dispose the mind in a certain way; "Do you really think so?" 11: have or formulate in the mind; "think good thoughts" 12: be capable of conscious thought; "Man is the only creature that thinks" 13: bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"

n 1: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute] 2: closing one eye quickly as a signal 3: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly [syn: blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation] v 1: signal by winking; "She winked at him" 2: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing" [syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle] 3: briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink" [syn: blink, wink, nictitate, nictate] 4: force to go away by blinking; "blink away tears" [syn: wink, blink, blink away]

n 1: a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende [syn: zinc, Zn, atomic number 30] v 1: coat or cover with zinc

n 1: a heterogeneous collection of groups united in their opposition to Saddam Hussein's government of Iraq; formed in 1992 it is comprised of Sunni and Shiite Arabs and Kurds who hope to build a new government [syn: Iraqi National Congress, INC]

n 1: German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921) [syn: Humperdinck, Engelbert Humperdinck]

n 1: Belgian playwright (1862-1949) [syn: Maeterlinck, Count Maurice Maeterlinck]