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 […] ”

References
  • brinks – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

Portuguese

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

Interjection

brinks

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