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Webster 1913 Edition

Pink

Pink

,
Noun.
[D.
pink
.]
(Naut.)
A vessel with a very narrow stern; – called also
pinky
.
Sir W. Scott.
Pink stern
(Naut.)
,
a narrow stern.

Pink

,
Verb.
I.
[D.
pinken
,
pinkoogen
, to blink, twinkle with the eyes.]
To wink; to blink.
[Obs.]
L’Estrange.

Pink

,
Adj.
Half-shut; winking.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Pink

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pinked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinking
.]
[OE.
pinken
to prick, probably a nasalized form of
pick
.]
1.
To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
2.
To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
Addison.
3.
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
[Obs.]
Herbert.

Pink

,
Noun.
A stab.
Grose.

Pink

,
Noun.
[Perh. akin to
pick
; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf.
Pink
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
(Bot.)
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.
2.
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.
Dryden.
3.
Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
“The very pink of courtesy.”
Shak.
4.
(Zool.)
The European minnow; – so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
[Prov. Eng.]
Bunch pink
is
Dianthus barbatus
.
–
China pink
, or
Indian pink
.
See under
China
.
–
Clove pink
is
Dianthus Caryophyllus
, the stock from which carnations are derived.
–
Garden pink
.
See
Pheasant's eye
.
–
Meadow pink
is applied to
Dianthus deltoides
; also, to the ragged robin.
–
Maiden pink
,
Dianthus deltoides
.
–
Moss pink
.
See under
Moss
.
–
Pink needle
,
the pin grass; – so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See
Alfilaria
.
–
Sea pink
.
See
Thrift
.

Pink

,
Adj.
Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th
Pink
, 2);
as, a
pink
dress;
pink
ribbons.
Pink eye
(Med.)
,
a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball.
–
Pink salt
(Chem. & Dyeing)
,
the double chlorides of (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a mordant for madder and cochineal.
–
Pink saucer
,
a small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink pigment.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pink

PINK

,
Noun.
1.
An eye, or a small eye; but now disused except in composition, as in pink-eyed, pink-eye.
2.
A plant and flower of the genus Dianthus, common in our gardens.
3.
A color used by painters; from the color of the flower.
4.
Any thing supremely excellent.
5.
A ship with a very narrow stern.
6.
A fish, the minnow.

PINK

,
Verb.
T.
To work in eyelet-holes; to pierce with small holes.
1.
To stab; to pierce.

Definition 2024

Pink

Pink

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English

Proper noun

Pink

  1. A surname​.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

Pink ‎(plural Pinks)

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

pink

pink

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English

Noun

pink ‎(plural pinks)

  1. (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. [from 15th c.]
  2. (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. [from 17th c.]

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Middle Dutch pincke.

Noun

pink ‎(plural pinks)

  1. (now historical) A narrow boat. [from 15th c.]

Etymology 3

Probably from Low Dutch or Low German [Term?]; compare Low German pinken ‎(“hit, peck”).

Verb

pink ‎(third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

  1. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
  2. To prick with a sword.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 642:
      ‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’
  3. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
  4. To choose; to cull; to pick out.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Herbert to this entry?)

Noun

pink ‎(plural pinks)

  1. A stab.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Grose to this entry?)

Etymology 4

Pinks: carnation cultivars
Various shades of pink

Origin unknown; perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked (Etymology 3, above).

Noun

pink ‎(plural pinks)

  1. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. [from 16th c.]
    This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.
  2. (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality. [from 16th c.]
    Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
    • Shakespeare
      the very pink of courtesy
  3. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red. [from 17th c.]
    My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
    pink colour:    
  4. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters. [from 18th c.]
    • 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, page 23:
      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.
    • 1986, Michael J O'Shea, James Joyce and Heraldry, SUNY, page 69:
      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.
  5. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points. [from 19th c.]
    Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.
  6. (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.
Translations

See also

Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)
     red      green      yellow      cream      white
     crimson      magenta      teal      lime      pink
     indigo      blue      orange      gray, grey      violet
     black      purple      brown      azure, sky blue      cyan

Adjective

pink ‎(comparative pinker, superlative pinkest)

  1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
  2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
  3. Having conjunctivitis.
  4. (obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
    • 1976, Bhalchandra Pundlik Adarkar, The Future of the Constitution: A Critical Analysis
      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 dollar; pink pound
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

pink ‎(third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

  1. (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to turn something pink.
    • 1961, Tennessee Williams, The Night of the Iguana, New Directions Publishing, 2009, Act II, page 46,
      They are all nearly nude, pinked and bronzed by the sun.
    • 1985, Carl Sagan, Contact, Simon & Schuster, 1997, Chapter 3, page 57,
      The rabbits, still lining the roadside, but now pinked by dawn, craned their necks to follow her departure.

Etymology 5

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

pink ‎(third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

  1. (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).
Translations

Etymology 6

Borrowing from Dutch pinken.

Verb

pink ‎(third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

  1. (obsolete) To wink; to blink.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of L'Estrange to this entry?)

Adjective

pink ‎(not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowing from English pink.

Adjective

pink

  1. pink

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

pink m ‎(plural pinken, diminutive pinkje n)

  1. pinkie (little finger)
  2. one-year-old calf
  3. a pink (ship - see Etymology 2)

Derived terms

  • bij de pinken zijn

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

pink ‎(genitive pingi, partitive pinki)

  1. bench
    Tšaikovski pink‎
    the Tchaikovsky bench

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

German

Etymology

Borrowing from English pink.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪŋk/

Adjective

pink ‎(comparative pinker, superlative am pinksten)

  1. coloured in a strong shade of pink
    • 2009, Mark Billingham (English text) and Isabella Bruckmaier (translated from English into German), Das Blut der Opfer. Ein Inspector-Thorne-Roman, Goldmann:
      Die unglaublich langen Beinde des Mädchens wurden durch Strümpfe und ein pink Tutu betont.

Usage notes

For paler shades, German does not use pink but rosa.

Declension

Comparative forms of pink
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist pinker sie ist pinker es ist pinker sie sind pinker
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative pinkerer pinkere pinkeres pinkere
genitive pinkeren pinkerer pinkeren pinkerer
dative pinkerem pinkerer pinkerem pinkeren
accusative pinkeren pinkere pinkeres pinkere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der pinkere die pinkere das pinkere die pinkeren
genitive des pinkeren der pinkeren des pinkeren der pinkeren
dative dem pinkeren der pinkeren dem pinkeren den pinkeren
accusative den pinkeren die pinkere das pinkere die pinkeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein pinkerer eine pinkere ein pinkeres (keine) pinkeren
genitive eines pinkeren einer pinkeren eines pinkeren (keiner) pinkeren
dative einem pinkeren einer pinkeren einem pinkeren (keinen) pinkeren
accusative einen pinkeren eine pinkere ein pinkeres (keine) pinkeren

Note: Prescribing dictionaries like the Duden label "pink" an indeclinable adjective. Thus it would e.g. be "ein pink Kleid" instead of "ein pinkes Kleid".

Swedish

Noun

pink n ‎(uncountable)

  1. (slang) pee

Declension

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Etymology

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