pink.
A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
Meaning & usage
A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers. Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.
A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers. Pale red.
Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.
A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
A huntsman.
One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.
An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
Alternative form of pinko.
The vagina or vulva.
A pink dye or pigment.
A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of pink pigment.
Something, or a part of a thing, which is pink.
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced by pink, was incarnation ([1300s]; see Etymonline) and carnation.
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.
By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
Relating to women or girls.
pink-collar
pink job
Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
the pink economy
pink pound
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced by pink, was incarnation ([1300s]; see Etymonline) and carnation.
To become pink in color, to redden.
To turn (something) pink.
To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced by pink, was incarnation ([1300s]; see Etymonline) and carnation.
A common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus0.
A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Some lexicographers suggest comparison to regional German Pinke (“minnow; small salmon”), but this is not widely accepted.
A narrow boat.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Dutch pincke. Compare French pinque.
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
To prick with a sword.
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
Where this word comes from
Probably ultimately imitative, or from Dutch pingelen (“to do fine needlework”) or Low German [Term?]; compare Low German pinken (“hit, peck”) and Pinke (“big needle”).
A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron. A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by extension) a bullet; a stab.
A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron. A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with a pinking iron; a scallop.
Where this word comes from
Probably ultimately imitative, or from Dutch pingelen (“to do fine needlework”) or Low German [Term?]; compare Low German pinken (“hit, peck”) and Pinke (“big needle”).
Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
Where this word comes from
Onomatopoeic. Compare ping.
To wink; to blink.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Dutch pinken.
Half-shut; winking.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Dutch pinken.
Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green or brown shades, made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Attested from the late 15th century.
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