Pink Definition

pĭngk
pinked, pinkest, pinkies, pinks, pinker
noun
pinks
Any of a group of colors reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.
American Heritage
Any of a genus (Dianthus) of annual and perennial plants of the pink family with white, pink, or red flowers, often clove-scented.
Webster's New World
The flower.
Webster's New World
Its pale-red color.
Webster's New World
Any of several other plants in the pink family, such as the wild pink.
American Heritage
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adjective
pinkest, pinker
Designating a family (Caryophyllaceae, order Caryophyllales) of widely distributed, dicotyledonous plants with bright-colored flowers, including the carnation and sweet william.
Webster's New World
Of the color pink.
American Heritage
Pale-red.
Webster's New World
Somewhat leftist.
Webster's New World

Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.

Wiktionary
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verb
pinked, pinks
To ornament (cloth, paper, etc.) by making perforations in a pattern.
Webster's New World
To cut a saw-toothed edge on (cloth, etc.) to prevent unraveling or for decoration.
Webster's New World
To prick or stab.
Webster's New World
To cut with pinking shears.
American Heritage
To hurt, as by criticism.
Webster's New World
pronoun
Wiktionary
idiom
in the pink
  • in good physical condition; healthy; fit
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pink

Adjective

Base Form:
pink
Comparative:
pinker
Superlative:
pinkest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pink

Origin of Pink

  • Early Modern English flower of the genus Dianthus perhaps from pink to peer, blink, wink (probably from Dutch pinken of unknown origin) or from pink (in reference to the jagged edge of the flower's petals)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English pingen, pinken to push, prick from Old English pyngan from Latin pungere peuk- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown; perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked (Etymology 3, above).

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably from Low Dutch or Low German; compare Low German pinken "˜hit, peck'.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Middle Dutch pinke

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle Dutch pincke.

    From Wiktionary

  • Dutch pinken.

    From Wiktionary

  • Onomatopoeic

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown.

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  • Shortening.

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