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jink
 v.— «Jink: To maneuver violently to avoid a threat. “I jinked to ditch that SAM.” “I jinked to avoid the First Shirt.”» —“USAF Slang” by maddog2840 in Las Vegas, Nevada F-16.net June 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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