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.

Examples of "pink" in Sentences

The woman in pink is probably the one nominated for an Oscar in “Precious”.
Not everything in pink is necessarily soft and peaceful and feminine kali Says:
This discussion about whether pink is a biologically or culturally derived signifier for femininity misses the point.
Some retail income investors though will often shy away from them as the term "pink sheets" draws up bad connotations.
Oliver's campaign began in April, when he included a segment on what he called "pink slime" on his TV show, "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution"
One evening he observed to Lady R., whose dress was fawn color, and that of her daughter pink, "Milady, your daughter is de _pink_ of beauty."
Red* is the property which is related to green* and pink* in a way that mirrors the relations between physical red, physical green, and physical pink.
What you see in pink is the development contemplated, largely industrial or commercial, with the exception of two sites for aquatic sports, club houses, and buildings of that character (indicating two points respectively on the Island and in the neighbourhood of Ashbridge's Bay).