dinky

/ˈdɪŋki/

Other forms: dinkies; dinkier; dinkiest

Something that's dinky is very small or unimportant. A college freshmen might be shocked at how dinky her dorm room is.

You might live in a dinky apartment or sit down to a child's tea party, sipping out of dinky, doll-sized tea cups. Dinky, meaning "tiny," is often used to complain about the smallness or insignificance of something: "All I get is this dinky slice of cake, after I helped you bake it?" Other meanings include a small metal model of a car and a little train car. It comes from the Scottish dink, "trim" or "neat."

Definitions of dinky

1. adjective

   small and insignificant
   “we stayed in a dinky old hotel”

   synonyms:

   little, small

   limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
2. noun

   a small locomotive
   synonyms: dinkey

   type of:

   engine, locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive

   a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
3. adjective

   (British informal) pretty and neat
   “what a dinky little hat”

   synonyms:

   attractive

   pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm