brinks

English

Noun

brinks

1. plural of brink

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From the company of the same name which provides armoured trucks for transporting money and valuable goods.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪŋks/

Noun

brinks (plural brinks dem, quantified brinks)

1. (slang) sugar daddy

   Mi brinks..hairdresser mi wan fi go! ― Hey, sugar daddy, I have to go to the hairdresser.

   • 2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language (in English), →ISBN, page 18:

     “brinks (brinks): n. - a wealthy person, usu. male; (slang) a sugar-daddy […] ”

Related terms

• boops

References

• brinks – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾĩ.kis/, /ˈbɾĩks/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾĩ.kis/, /ˈbɾĩks/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾĩ.kiʃ/, /ˈbɾĩkʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾĩks/, /ˈbɾĩ.kis/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾĩkʃ/

Interjection

brinks

1. (Internet slang) clipping of brincadeira (“just kidding; just joking”)