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brink

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹɪŋk/
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/ˈbɹɪŋk/ · [ˈbɹʷɪŋk] · /ˈbɹiŋk/ · [ˈbɹʷiŋk] ~ [ˈbɹʷɪ̝ŋk] · /ˈbɹæŋk/ · [ˈbɹʷæŋk] · /ˈbɹeɪ̯ŋk/ · [ˈbɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] · /ˈbɹɛ̃ŋk/ · [ˈbɹʷɛ̃ŋk]

Definition of brink

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
    “the brink of a river”
    “And the appearance of it much comforted us, especially seeing so goodly a land, and wooded to the brink of the sea.”
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noun

  1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
    “the brink of a river”
    “And the appearance of it much comforted us, especially seeing so goodly a land, and wooded to the brink of the sea.”
  2. (figuratively)The edge or border.
    “the brink of success”
    “As South Korea heads to the polls, can Lee Jae-myung bring the country back from the brink? [title]”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

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