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Meaning of 'pink' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pink [ a.]
- Half-shut; winking.
- Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
2 . Pink [ n.]
- A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
- A stab.
3 . Pink [ v. i.]
- To wink; to blink.
4 . Pink [ v. t.]
- To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
- To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
- To choose; to cull; to pick out.
- A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
- A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower.
- Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
- The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.

Meaning of 'pink' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pink [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
Example in sentence:
  • he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
Meaning (2):
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
Example in sentence:
  • the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline;
  • The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded

Nearby Words:

pin pin-eyed pin-tailed pinaces pinacoid pinacolin pinacone pinacotheca pinafore pinakothek

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