Definition of da kine

da kine

• to Hawaiians, used to describe people/places/objects. It is meant to direct attention, request that someone bring you something, as well as the location of an object.

  Fetch me da kine in da kine.

  Last edited on May 05 2014. Submitted by Emma B. from Honolulu, HI, USA on Dec 04 1999.

• one of three things: 1. That place, 2. That thing, 3. That person.
  
  For example, if someone had a person's name on the tip of their tongue but just couldn't think of it, one could say something like

  Are you mad at da kine?

  which means "Are you mad at that person?", or "Are you mad at what's-her-face?"

  Does she know that you're going to da kine?

  means "Does she know that you're going to church?"

  Are we going to da kine?

  • See more words with the same meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'.

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Jacki P. from Honolulu, HI, USA on Jan 09 2003.

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cheddar	Definitions include: money.
doohickey	Definitions include: see do-hickey.
jobbie	Definitions include: thing.
package	Definitions include: male genitalia.
thang	Definitions include: "thing".
geegaw	Definitions include: a trinket.
foo	Definitions include: colloquial pronunciation of fool.
swag	Definitions include: promotional material.
shiznut	Definitions include: "shit".
thingamabob	Definitions include: replacement name for an object whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten.
b*tch	Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
jawn	Definitions include: an unspecified thing or person.
jigger	Definitions include: "thing."
sh*t	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
bad boy	Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing".
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Other terms relating to 'kine':
small kine	Definitions include: a little bit; not very much.
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101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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