pink
/piɳk/
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Definition
Noun:
- A pale red color: A light shade of red, often associated with flowers like roses or carnations.
- A garden plant or its flower: Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus, such as carnations, cultivated for their fragrant, often pink flowers.
- A person with mildly leftist political views: (Informal, often dated) A person holding moderately socialist or liberal political opinions.
Adjective:
- Of a pale red color: Having the light shade of red known as pink.
Verb:
- To cut with a zigzag edge: To cut fabric, paper, etc., with pinking shears to prevent fraying.
- To make a light metallic knocking sound: (Of an internal combustion engine) to produce a knocking or pinging sound due to premature ignition of fuel.
- To tap lightly: To make light, repeated tapping sounds.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Color):
- She painted her room a soft pink.
- Noun (Flower):
- The garden was full of beautiful pinks and roses.
- Adjective:
- She wore a lovely pink dress to the party.
- Verb (To cut):
- Pink the edges of the fabric before sewing.
- Verb (Engine sound):
- The old car began to pink as we climbed the hill.
- Verb (To tap):
- Rain pinked against the windowpane.
Advanced Usage
- In the pink: In very good health or condition.
- After his vacation, he was in the pink.
- To see pink elephants: To hallucinate, typically from excessive drinking of alcohol.
- After all that whiskey, he was seeing pink elephants.
Variants and Related Words
- Pinkish (adj): Somewhat pink.
- The sky had a pinkish hue at sunset.
- Pinking shears (n): Scissors with a zigzag blade used for cutting fabric to prevent fraying.
- Use pinking shears to finish the seam allowance.
- Pinko (n, informal, often derogatory): A person with left-wing or communist sympathies.
- He was accused of being a pinko for his views.
Synonyms
- Rose (n/adj): For the color (a deeper or more specific pink).
- Carnation (n): For the flower (a specific type of pink).
- Leftist, liberal (n): For the political sense.
- Knock, ping (v): For the engine sound.
- Tap, pat (v): For the light tapping.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Pink out: (Archaic) To decorate with a perforated or scalloped pattern.
- The invitation was pinked out along the border.
- Pink up: To become pink in color.
- Her cheeks pinked up in the cold air.
Related Idioms
- Tickled pink: Extremely pleased or delighted.
- She was tickled pink with her birthday present.
- The pink of perfection: The very best example; the epitome.
- His performance was the pink of perfection.
Verb
- cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
- 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
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
- he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
Noun
- a person with mildly leftist political views
- any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
- a light shade of red
Adjective
- of a light shade of red