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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jink /dʒɪŋk/

▶verb change direction suddenly and nimbly. ▶noun a sudden quick change of direction.

– origin C17 (orig. Scots as high jinks, denoting antics at drinking parties): prob. symbolic of nimble motion.

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