pink

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.

   “My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.”

   “Jasper couldn't have known they'd been overheard upstairs, but his little smirk coming and going invited you to guess he'd been up to something. He had the pink of sex about him still.”

   “Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
3. (countable, uncountable)A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
4. (countable, uncountable)Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.

   “This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.”

5. (countable, dated, uncountable)A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.

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

   “Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.”

6. (countable, uncountable)Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.

   “I had taken it for granted that there would be people ‘in pink’, but these enormous confident strangers overwhelmed me with the visible authenticity of their brick-red coats.”

   “it is interesting to note the curious legend that the pink of the hunting field is not due to any optical advantage but to an entirely different reason.”

7. (countable, uncountable)A huntsman.

   “The pinks stand about the inn-door lighting cigars and waiting to see us start, while their hacks are led up and down the market-place, on which the inn looks.”

8. (countable, uncountable)One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.

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

9. (countable, slang, uncountable)An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
10. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of pinko.

    “My own guess is that there are some pinks in the State Department and in other government departments and agencies, and of course they should be found and ousted; but it seems to me that this can be done without besmirching innocent people and without making such broadside charges that people will lose faith in all government.”

11. (countable, slang, uncountable)The vagina or vulva.

    “Then Eddie did what he calls, 'Two in the pink, one in the stink.' “I held up my right forefinger and middle finger and said, “Two.” Then I held up my ring finger and said “One. Two in the pussy, one in the ass.””

12. (regional)The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
13. (regional)A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
14. (obsolete)A narrow boat.
15. (obsolete)A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.

    “At a great word she will her poynard draw, Looke for the pincke if once thou giue the lye.”

    “A freebooter’s pink, sir, three or four inches deep.”

    “The fellow's a shrewd fellow at a pink.”

    “He is spotted with marks of stabs and revolver 'pinks', and he takes all his wounds quite as matter of course.”

16. (obsolete)A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.

    “Item,..for iiil* powdringis and pinkis to the sam goune, .xij s”

    “small pinks, cuts or iagges in clothes”

    “Is this pinke of equall proportion to this cut?”

    “You had rather have / An ulcer in your body than a pink / More in your clothes.”

17. (historical, uncountable)Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green or brown shades, made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.

    “To make Dutch pink, boil the stems of woad in a solution of alum, and then mix the liquor with clay, marl, or chalk, which will become mixed with the colour of the decoction”

    “Carlyle (2001) lists from her study of nineteenth century British documentary sources yellow carmine, Dutch pink, English pink and yellow lake in descending order of intensity.”

18. (dated, derogatory, slang)An operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

adj

1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
3. Having conjunctivitis.
4. By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.

   “The word "socialist" has so many connotations that it can cover almost anything from pink liberalism to red-red communism.”

5. (informal)Relating to women or girls.

   “pink-collar”

   “pink job”

6. (informal)Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.

   “the pink economy”

   “pink pound”

   “pink dollar”

   “pink triangle”

   “The lesbian and gay movement must decide whether the Parade is for celebrating how far we've come as we further our struggle for liberation, or whether it is going to be just another profit-making industry, supporting lesbian and gay careerism and becoming part of the Establishment (albeit a pink one!)”

7. (not-comparable, obsolete)Half-shut; winking.

   “Come, thou monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne! In thy vats our cares be drowned, With thy grapes our hairs be crowned.”

verb

1. (intransitive)To become pink in color, to redden.

   “The woman’s pale skin pinked as she shook her head. “No. It’s out of my budget. Come on, Sammy””

2. (transitive)To turn (something) pink.

   “They are all nearly nude, pinked and bronzed by the sun.”

   “The rabbits, still lining the roadside, but now pinked by dawn, craned their necks to follow her departure.”

3. (transitive)To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.

   “Because heating is relatively easy to perform once one is trained to do it, it can be assumed that any pink topaz from Brazil, the gem’s main modern producer, is colored more by man than nature.[…] Relatively few stones from Brazil have this trace element in enough quantity for what dealers call “pinking.””

4. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
5. To prick with a sword.

   “‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’”

   “Within three seconds D'Artagnan pinked him thrice, dedicating each thrust as he dealt it. “One for Athos!" he cried. “One for Porthos!" and at the last, “one for Aramis!””

6. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

   ““Young man, if you have no authority, let me speak to someone who has! Put me through to Mr. Berquist.” The stooge suddenly lost his smile and Jubal thought gleefully that he had at last pinked him.”

7. 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).
8. Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.

   “And then the record changed, a piano pinking high a Poulenc-like theme.”

9. (obsolete)To wink; to blink.

   “A Hungry Fox that had got a Cock in his Eye, and could not tell how to come at him ; cast himself at his Length upon the Ground, and there he lay winking and pinking as if he had Sore Eyes.”

name

1. A surname.