dunk

n : a shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into

the basket [syn: {dunk shot}]

v 1: immerse into a liquid; "dunk the bread into the soup" [syn:

{dip}, {souse}, {plunge}, {douse}]

2: dip into a liquid while eating; as of bread in a soup or

sauce [syn: {dip}]

dink

/dink/ Said of a machine that has the {bitty box} nature; a

machine too small to be worth bothering with - sometimes the

system you're currently forced to work on. First heard from

an {MIT} hacker working on a {CP/M} system with 64K, in

reference to any {6502} system, then from fans of 32 bit

architectures about 16-bit machines. "GNUMACS will never work

on that dink machine." Probably derived from mainstream

"dinky", which isn't sufficiently pejorative.

See {macdink}.

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-10-31)