Pink meaning

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Pink is to the highest degree.

An example of pink is a healthy newborn baby.

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Pink is a type of flower and family of plants.

An example of pink is the carnation.

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Pink is a color, made of red mixed with white.

An example of pink is the color of cherry blossoms.

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Any of a group of colors reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.
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The highest or best degree.

In the pink of health.

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A pinko.
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Of the color pink.
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Having moderately leftist political opinions.
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To stab lightly with a pointed weapon; prick.
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To decorate with a perforated pattern.
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To cut with pinking shears.
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A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.
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Any of a genus (Dianthus) of annual and perennial plants of the pink family with white, pink, or red flowers, often clove-scented.
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The flower.
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Its pale-red color.
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The highest or finest example, degree, etc.

The pink of perfection.

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A person whose political or economic views are somewhat leftist.
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Designating a family (Caryophyllaceae, order Caryophyllales) of widely distributed, dicotyledonous plants with bright-colored flowers, including the carnation and sweet william.
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Pale-red.
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Somewhat leftist.
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To ornament (cloth, paper, etc.) by making perforations in a pattern.
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To cut a saw-toothed edge on (cloth, etc.) to prevent unraveling or for decoration.
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To prick or stab.
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To hurt, as by criticism.
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To adorn; embellish.
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A sailing vessel with a high, narrow stern.
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(1) The code name for the KIN family of smartphones from Microsoft. See KIN.
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(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. [from 15th c.]
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(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. [from 17th c.]
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(now historical) A narrow boat. [from 15th c.]
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To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
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To prick with a sword.
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To choose; to cull; to pick out.

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A stab.

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

This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

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

Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.

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

My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

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Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters. [from 18th c.]
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(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points. [from 19th c.]

Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.

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(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.
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Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
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Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
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(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.

The pink economy.

Pink dollar; pink pound.

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(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).
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(obsolete) To wink; to blink.

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(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.

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(slang, derogatory, dated) An operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
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in the pink
  • In good physical condition; healthy; fit.
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

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
  • Middle English from Middle Dutch pinke
    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
  • From Middle Dutch pincke.
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  • Origin unknown.
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  • Shortening.
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Pink Sentence Examples

  • It was pink with white tips, in an antique brass planter.

  • Her skin began to flush until it was pink enough to look human rather than the sleep of the dead.

  • The chilly ocean breeze made her dress move as if it was alive, and she swiped at the pink hair blinding her.

  • The hills were a profusion of snowy dogwood and pink plumb and cherry blossoms.

  • Toby's backpack was there along with his pink coat.  Rhyn straightened, angry at himself for not hearing the boy leave.  A flash of purple caught his eye through the trees, and he loped through the forest.

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