pink Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a light shade of red
  2. noun any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
    garden pink.
  3. noun a person with mildly leftist political views
    pinko.
  4. verb make light, repeated taps on a surface
    knock; tap; rap.
    • he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
  5. verb sound like a car engine that is firing too early
    knock; ping.
    • the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
    • The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded
  6. verb cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
  7. adjective satellite of a light shade of red
    pinkish.

WordNet

Pink noun
Etymology
D. pink.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky. Sir W. Scott.
Pink intransitive verb
Etymology
D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with the eyes.
Definitions
  1. To wink; to blink. Obs. L'Estrange.
Pink adjective
Definitions
  1. Half-shut; winking. Obs. Shak.
Pink transitive verb
Etymology
OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form of pick.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pinked ; present participle & verbal noun Pinking
Definitions
  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 noun
Definitions
  1. A stab. Grose.
Pink noun
Etymology
Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) 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.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. Prov. Eng.
Pink adjective
Definitions
  1. Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.

Webster 1913