spink

noun

1. (dialectal, obsolete)The chaffinch.
2. The primrose.
3. The lady's smock or cuckooflower.

verb

1. (intransitive, uncommon)To call or vocalize.

   “The Chaffinches ‘‘spinked” as though its presence was not required, but it seemed to be feeding on insects only.”

   “The Linnet called “ Chivvey ” can tweet and spink and song-sing, and is full of clicks and jars, like the other.”

   “Woodpig was rootling for worms up the brook when he was surprised to see Chaffinch, "spinking" at him from a hazel twig.”

   “And his voice sounded good, too, and loud and clear, and he put two of his fingers into his mouth and whistled, a piercing, high-pitched scream of a whistle, and there was a sudden silence as though the noise had penetrated the brain of all things and stunned movement; but in a second the spinking blackbird began again his yittering, and all were at song again.”

   “The cry of this species, which consists of a number of rapidly ‘‘spinking” notes, reminds me of that of the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in the United States.”

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. (countable, uncountable)A small village in County Laois, Ireland (From Irish An Spinc. the pointed rock).
3. (countable, uncountable)A township and unincorporated community therein, in Union County, South Dakota, United States.