Pink

[pɪŋk]

Definition

(noun.) a light shade of red.

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

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

(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'.

(adj.) of a light shade of red .

Edited by Leah--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.

(v. i.) To wink; to blink.

(a.) Half-shut; winking.

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

(v. t.) To stab; to pierce as with a sword.

(v. t.) To choose; to cull; to pick out.

(n.) A stab.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.

(v. t.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.

(a.) Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.

Edited by Dorothy

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Rose-color.[2]. (Ich.) Minnow, minion (Lencisous phoxinus).[3]. Paragon, model, BEAU IDEAL.

Checker: Mortimer

Definition

v.t. to stab or pierce esp. with a sword or rapier: to decorate by cutting small holes or scallops.—n. a stab: an eyelet.—adj. Pinked pierced or worked with small holes.—n. Pink′ing-ī′ron a tool for pinking or scalloping.

v.i. to wink: to half-shut.—n. Pink′-eye a disease in horses in which the eye turns somewhat red.—adj. Pink′-eyed having pink eyes like a rabbit: having small or half-shut eyes.—adj. Pink′y winking.

n. a flower of any one of several plants of the genus Dianthus—carnation &c.: a shade of light-red colour like that of the flower: a scarlet hunting-coat also the person wearing such: the minnow from the colour of its abdomen in summer: any type or example of excellence in its kind.—adj. of a pink colour.—n. Pink′iness.—adj. Pink′ish somewhat pink.—n. Pink′-root the root of the Carolina or Indian pink a common vermifuge.—Pink of perfection the very highest state of perfection: an example of highest perfection.—Dutch pink a yellow lake obtained from quercitron bark: (slang) blood.

n. a boat with a narrow stern.—Also Pink′y.

Editor: Wilma