Definition of "pink"
- noun
A colour between red and white; pale red.
Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
Excellence, perfection.
Hunting pink; scarlet.
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
A common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
A unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.
A narrow boat.
- adjective
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.
By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
- verb
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.
To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
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