jink
/dʒɪŋk/
verb
- To move quickly and suddenly in a different direction to avoid something.
- The rabbit jinked left to escape the fox.
- In the soccer game, the striker jinked past two defenders before scoring.
- The car jinked suddenly to avoid hitting a deer on the road.
noun
- A quick, sudden change of direction to avoid something.
- The pilot performed a jink to evade the enemy missile.
- The runner made a sharp jink to dodge the tackle.
- With a quick jink, the bird escaped the cat's claws.