pink

IPA: pˈɪŋk

(color) A colour between red and white; pale red.
Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
(slang) The vagina or vulva.
(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
(now obsolete) A narrow boat.
(obsolete) A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.
(obsolete) A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by extension) a bullet; a stab.
(obsolete) A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with a pinking iron; a scallop.
(historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
A surname.
(slang, derogatory, dated) An operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
Alternative form of pinko [(informal, often derogatory, chiefly US) A socialist, particularly one who is not wholly communist.]

(intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
(transitive) To turn (something) pink.
(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
To prick with a sword.
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
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).
Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
(obsolete) To wink; to blink.

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.
(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
(informal) Relating to women or girls.
(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.

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