1. Small and unimpressive
   "we stayed in a dinky old hotel";
   - insignificant
    
2. [Brit, informal] Pretty and neat
   "what a dinky little hat"

1. A small locomotive
   "The dinky transported materials around the construction site";
   - dinkey
    
2. [Brit, informal] A couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)
   "As a dinky couple, they spent their disposable income on travel";
   - DINK [Brit, informal], dinkie [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: dinkiest, dinkier, dinkies

See also: attractive, little, small

Type of: couple, engine, loco [informal], locomotive, locomotive engine, match, mates, railroad locomotive [N. Amer], railway locomotive [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Dinky