pink

Definitions

1. 1noun

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

2. 2intransitive verb

   To wink; to blink.

3. 3adjective

   Half-shut; winking.

4. 4transitive verb

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

5. 5transitive verb

   To stab; to pierce as with a sword.

6. 6transitive verb

   To choose; to cull; to pick out.

7. 7noun

   A stab.

8. 8transitive verb

   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.

9. 9transitive verb

   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.

10. 10transitive verb

    Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.

11. 11transitive verb

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

12. 12adjective

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

13. 13noun

    a light shade of red

14. 14noun

    a person with mildly leftist political views

    Synonyms

    pinko
15. 15noun

    any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

16. 16verb

    cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

17. 17verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    knockping
18. 18verb

    make light, repeated taps on a surface

    "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

    Synonyms

    knockraptap
19. 19adjective

    of a light shade of red

    Synonyms

    pinkish