PINK

pink, pinkish

(adjective) of a light shade of red

pink

(noun) a light shade of red

pinko, pink

(noun) a person with mildly leftist political views

pink, garden pink

(noun) any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

pink

(verb) cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

pink, ping, knock

(verb) sound like a car engine that is firing too early; “the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline”; “The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded”

tap, rap, knock, pink

(verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface; “he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

pink (plural pinks)

(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. [from 15th c.]

(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. [from 17th c.]

Etymology 2

Noun

pink (plural pinks)

(now, historical) A narrow boat. [from 15th c.]

Etymology 3

Verb

pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

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 choose; to cull; to pick out.

Noun

pink (plural pinks)

A stab.

Etymology 4

Noun

pink (plural pinks)

Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. [from 16th c.]

(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality. [from 16th c.]

The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red. [from 17th c.]

Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters. [from 18th c.]

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points. [from 19th c.]

(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.

Alternative form of pinko

(slang) The vagina or vulva.

Adjective

pink (comparative pinker, superlative pinkest)

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.

Having conjunctivitis.

(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.

(informal) Relating to women or girls.

(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.

Verb

pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

(intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.

(transitive) To turn (something) pink.

(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.

Etymology 5

Verb

pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

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.

Etymology 6

Verb

pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

(obsolete) To wink; to blink.

Adjective

pink (not comparable)

(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.

Etymology 7

Noun

pink (uncountable)

(historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Pink

A surname.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

Pink (plural Pinks)

(slang, derogatory, dated) An operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pink, n. Etym: [D. pink.] (Naut.)

Definition: A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky. Sir W. Scott. Pink stern (Naut.), a narrow stern.

Pink, v. i. Etym: [D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with the eyes.]

Definition: To wink; to blink. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

Pink, a.

Definition: Half-shut; winking. [Obs.] Shak.

Pink, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinked; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinking.] Etym: [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form of pick.]

1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.

2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. Addison.

3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] Herbert.

Pink, n.

Definition: A stab. Grose.

Pink, n. Etym: [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

2. 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. Dryden.

3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. "The very pink of courtesy." Shak.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.] Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.

– China, or Indian, pink. See under China.

– Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which carnations are derived.

– Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.

– Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to the ragged robin.

– Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.

– Moss pink. See under Moss.

– Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.

– Sea pink. See Thrift.

Pink, a.

Definition: Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. Pink eye (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball.

– Pink salt (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a mordant for madder and cochineal.

– Pink saucer, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink pigment.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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