1pink1 (pɪŋk
)
Definitions
noun
- any of a group of colours with a reddish hue that are of low to moderate saturation and can usually reflect or transmit a large amount of light; a pale reddish tint
- pink cloth or clothing ⇒
dressed in pink
- any of various Old World plants of the caryophyllaceous genus any of various Old World plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, such as any of various Old World plants of the caryophyllaceous genus such as D. plumarius (garden pink), cultivated for their fragrant flowers See also carnation (sense 1)
- any of various plants of other genera, such as the moss pink
- the flower of any of these plants
- the highest or best degree, condition, etc (esp in the phrases in the pink of health, in the pink)
- a huntsman's scarlet coat
- a huntsman who wears a scarlet coat
adjective
- of the colour pink
- British informal left-wing
- US derogatory
- sympathetic to or influenced by Communism
- leftist or radical, esp half-heartedly
- informal of or relating to homosexuals or homosexuality ⇒
the pink vote
- (of a huntsman's coat) scarlet or red
verb
- (intr) another word for knock (sense 7)
Alternative Forms
ˈpinkish adjective ˈpinkness noun ˈpinky adjectiveWord Origin
C16 (the flower), C18 (the colour): perhaps a shortening of pinkeye2pink2 (pɪŋk)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- to prick lightly with a sword or rapier
- to decorate (leather, cloth, etc) with a perforated or punched pattern
- to cut with pinking shears
Word Origin
C14: perhaps of Low German origin; compare Low German pinken to peck3pink3 (pɪŋk)
Definitions
noun
- a sailing vessel with a narrow overhanging transom
Word Origin
C15: from Middle Dutch pinke, of obscure originTranslations
- British English:
pink
Something that is pink is the colour between red and white....pink lipstick.pɪŋk ADJECTIVE ...pink lipstick.
- Spanish:
rosa
adj
- French:
rose
adj
- German:
rosa
adj
- Chinese: 粉红的 adj
- Arabic: وَرْدِيّ adj
- Portuguese: cor-de-rosa adj
- Russian: розовый adj розовая
- Croatian: ružičast adj ružičasta
- Czech: růžový adj
- Danish: lyserød adj
- Dutch: roze adj
- Finnish: vaaleanpunainen adj
- Greek: ροζ adj
- Italian: rosa adj
- Japanese: ピンク色の no_posp
- Korean: 분홍색의 adj
- Norwegian: rosa adj
- Polish: różowy adj różowa
- Brazilian Portuguese: cor-de-rosa adj
- European Spanish:
rosa
adj
- Swedish: rosa adj
- Thai: ซึ่งมีสีชมพู adj
- Turkish: pembe adj
- Vietnamese: hồng adj
Usage examples
Perhaps tonight I should tuck myself up with an Agatha Christie and a few balls of pink wool.
, DEAD BEAT (2002)The pink paper tickets for yesterday's match cost five dinars, about 90 cents.
Globe and Mail (2003)Add the livers and cook to a point where they are still a little pink.
Glasgow Herald (2001)She snuffles her food from a trough, we're told, and has stiff pink whiskers.
, GALLOWS THIEF (2002)