pink

pink ¹  (pngk)

n.

1. Any of a group of colors reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.

2.

a. Any of various plants of the genus Dianthus, such as the carnation and sweet William, often cultivated for their showy fragrant flowers.

b. Any of various other plants, such as the wild pink and the moss pink.

c. A flower of any of these plants.

3. The highest or best degree: in the pink of health.

4. pinks

a. Light-colored trousers formerly worn as part of the winter semidress uniform by U.S. Army officers.

b. The scarlet coat worn by fox hunters.

5. Slang A pinko.

6. A pink salmon

adj. pink·er, pink·est

1. Of the color pink.

2. Slang Having moderately leftist political opinions.

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[Origin unknown.]

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pinkness n.

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pink ²  (pngk)

tr.v. pinked, pink·ing, pinks

1. To stab lightly with a pointed weapon; prick.

2. To decorate with a perforated pattern.

3. To cut with pinking shears.

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[Middle English pingen, pinken, to push, prick, from Old English pyngan, from Latin pungere; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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pink ³  (pngk) also pink·ie or pink·y (pngk)

n. pl. pinks also pink·ies Nautical

A small sailing vessel with a sharply narrowed stern and an overhanging transom.

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[Middle English, from Middle Dutch pinke.]

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pink¹

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) any of a group of colours with a reddish hue that are of low to moderate saturation and can usually reflect or transmit a large amount of light; a pale reddish tint

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) pink cloth or clothing dressed in pink

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various Old World plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, such as D. plumarius (garden pink), cultivated for their fragrant flowers See also carnation [1]

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various plants of other genera, such as the moss pink

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the flower of any of these plants

6. the highest or best degree, condition, etc. (esp in the phrases in the pink of health, in the pink)

7. (Clothing & Fashion)

a.  a huntsman's scarlet coat

b.  a huntsman who wears a scarlet coat

adj

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour pink

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit informal left-wing

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US derogatory

a.  sympathetic to or influenced by Communism

b.  leftist or radical, esp half-heartedly

4. Informal of or relating to homosexuals or homosexuality the pink vote

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) (of a huntsman's coat) scarlet or red

vb

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (intr) another word for knock [7]

[C16 (the flower), C18 (the colour): perhaps a shortening of pinkeye]

pinkish  adj

pinkness  n

pinky  adj

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pink²

vb (tr)

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Fencing) to prick lightly with a sword or rapier

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) to decorate (leather, cloth, etc.) with a perforated or punched pattern

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) to cut with pinking shears

[perhaps of Low German origin; compare Low German pinken to peck]

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pink³

n

(Transport / Nautical Terms) a sailing vessel with a narrow overhanging transom

[from Middle Dutch pinke, of obscure origin]

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Pink 

See Also: CHEEKS, COLORS, FACIAL COLOR

1. Pink and sweet as a magnolia —Diane Ackerman
2. Pink as a new baby —George Garrett
3. Pink as an infant’s skin —Charles Wright
4. (Flesh-coloured stockings seemed) pink as blush roses —Rebecca West
5. (Rosebuds) pink as girls’ first lipsticks —Marge Piercy
6. (Belly) pink as strawberry ice cream —Marge Piercy
7. (Face) pink as wild roses —W. P. Kinsella

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pink

• pink - If you pink your eyes, you half-shut them.
• in the pink - Comes from the English foxhunting tradition; people who foxhunt often wear scarlet jackets and are called pinks—so if you are in the pink, you are about to set off to gallop your horse across country.
• incarnadine - Can mean "flesh-colored or pink," but also "crimson, blood-red."
• pink - The color gets its name from the flowering plant of the same name.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pink - a light shade of red                 chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue pinkness - the quality of being pink carnation - a pink or reddish-pink color rose, rosiness - a dusty pink color purplish pink, solferino - a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino salmon pink, yellowish pink, apricot, peach - a shade of pink tinged with yellow coral - a variable color averaging a deep pink
	2.	pink - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers garden pink flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms Dianthus, genus Dianthus - carnations and pinks Dianthus barbatus, sweet William - Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers carnation, clove pink, Dianthus caryophyllus, gillyflower - Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors china pink, Dianthus chinensis, rainbow pink - Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annual Dianthus deltoides, maiden pink - low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single pale pink flower with a crimson center cheddar pink, Diangus gratianopolitanus - mat-forming perennial of central Europe with large fragrant pink or red flowers button pink, Dianthus latifolius - much-branched pink with flowers in clusters; closely related to sweet William cottage pink, Dianthus plumarius, grass pink - European pink cultivated for its very fragrant pink or rosy flowers Dianthus supurbus, fringed pink - Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins
	3.	pink - a person with mildly leftist political views pinko collectivist, left-winger, leftist - a person who belongs to the political left
Verb	1.	pink - make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" rap, knock, tap sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	2.	pink - 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" ping, knock sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	3.	pink - cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
Adj.	1.	pink - of a light shade of red pinkish chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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pink

noun & adjective rosy, rose, salmon, flushed, reddish, flesh coloured, roseate his pink face see shades of red

in the pink in good health, strong, blooming, very healthy, in fine fettle, in perfect health, in excellent shape, hale and hearty, fit as a fiddle A glass of red wine a day will keep you in the pink.

Translations

pink¹ [pɪŋk]

A. N

1. (= colour) → rosa m, rosado m (LAm)
pink doesn't suit her → el rosa no le sienta bien
to be in the pink (= healthy) → rebosar salud; (= happy) → estar feliz y contento
to be in the pink of condition → estar en perfecto estado
see also dusty 2
see also rose B
see also salmon C
see also shocking B

2. (Bot) → clavel m, clavelina f

3. (Snooker) → bola f rosa

B. ADJ (pinker (compar) (pinkest (superl)))

1. (= colour) (gen) → (color de)rosa, rosado(LAm); [cheeks, face] → sonrosado
we painted the nursery pink → pintamos el cuarto de los niños de rosa
their little faces were pink with excitement → tenían las caritas encendidas de entusiasmo
his face was pink with rage → estaba rojo de furia
his cheeks were flushed pink from the wine → el vino le había sonrosado las mejillas
to turn or go pink [person] (with embarrassment) → ponerse colorado, sonrojarse; [sky, liquid] → ponerse rosa
she turned pink with pleasure → se sonrojó de placer
see also tickle A3

2. (Pol) → rojillo

3. (= gay) [pound, vote] → homosexual, gay inv

C. CPD pink gin N → ginebra f con angostura
pink grapefruit N variedad de pomelo de pulpa rojiza
pink lady N → pink lady m
pink salmon N → salmón m del Pacífico
pink slip N (US) → notificación f de despido

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pink² [pɪŋk]

A. VT (Sew) → rematar con tijeras dentadas; (= make holes in) [+ fabric] → calar (Fencing) → herir levemente

B. VI (Brit) (Aut) [engine] → picar

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pink [ˈpɪŋk]

adj

(= of a pink colour) → rose
deep pink flowers → des fleurs d'un rose profond
The dress is pale pink → La robe est rose pâle.
to turn pink [sky] → rosir
to go pink (with embarrassment) → rosir
She went pink as she remembered her mistake → Elle rosit en se remémorant son erreur.

(= leftist) → rose

(= gay) [vote] → gay

n

(= colour) → rose m
dressed in pink → habillé(e) en rose

(BOTANY) → œillet m, mignardise f

to be in the pink (= healthy) → se porter comme un charme
pink champagne n → champagne m rosé
pink gin n → cocktail m de gin et d'angustura

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pink¹

n

(= colour) → Rosa nt; (= hunting pink) → Rot nt

(= plant) → Gartennelke f

(Brit) to be in the pink (of health) → vor Gesundheit strotzen; I’m in the pink → mir gehts prächtig; to feel in the pink → sich bestens fühlen; in the pink of condition → in Top- or Hochform

adj

(= colour) → rosa inv, → rosarot, rosafarben; cheeks, face → rosig; to go or turn pink → erröten; to see pink elephants or mice (inf) → weiße Mäuse sehen (inf); the pink pound (inf) → die Kaufkraft der Homosexuellen

(Pol inf) → rot angehaucht

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pink²

vt

(Sew) → mit der Zickzackschere schneiden

(= nick) → streifen

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pink³

vi (Aut) → klopfen

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pink¹ [pɪŋk]

1. n

a. (colour) → rosa m inv

b. (Bot) → garofano a piumino rosa

c. to be in the pink (of health) → essere in perfetta salute

2. adj

a. (colour) → rosa inv
to turn or go pink (flush) → arrossire

b. (Pol) (fam) → con tendenze di sinistra

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pink² [pɪŋk] vt (Sewing) → dentellare

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pink

n / adj pink [piŋk]

1 (of) (any shade of) a colour between red and white a dress of pink satin. pienk أحْمَر وَردي اللوْن، قُرُنْفُلي розов růžová (barva) lyserød rosa ροζ rosa roosa صورتی vaaleanpunainen rose וָרוֹד गुलाबी रंग का ružičast rózsaszín(ű) merah muda bleikur rosa ピンク 연분홍색(의) rožinė, rausva spalva; rožinis, rausvas sārta/rožaina krāsa merah jambu roze rosa róż(owy) cor-de-rosa roz розовый (цвет) ružová farba roza roze skärt, rosa สีชมพู pembe 桃紅色，粉紅色 рожевий колір گلابي رنگ màu hồng 桃红色，粉红色

2 (of) the colour of healthy skin pink cheeks; Her cheeks are pink with health. pienk, rossig بِلَوْن القُرُنْفُل розов růžový rød rosafarben ρόδινος rosa, rosado, color de rosa õhetav گلگون vaaleanpunainen rose וָרוֹד स्वस्थ rumen kicsattanó merah jambu rjóður rosa ピンクの 원기 왕성한 rausva spalva; rausvas sārts merah jambu rozig rosa, rød og hvit różowy rosado tran­da­firiu румяный ružový rožnat ružičast rosig ซึ่งมีสีชมพู pembe 臉色健康 рум'яний گلابي hồng hào 脸色健康

n pinkness

pienkheid قُرُنْفُلِيَّه розовина narůžovělost det at være lyserød das Rosa ροδαλότητα color rosa õhetus به رنگ صورتی بودن rusotus (couleur) rose וָרוֹד अस्वस्थ rumenost rózsásság, rózsaszín (szín) kemerahan bleikur litur colore rosa ピンク 분홍(색) rausvumas sārtums kemerah-merahan roze kleur det som er rosa różowość rosado (culoare) roz розовый цвет ružovosť roza barva ružičastost rosighet สีชมพู pembelik 健康 рожевість گلابي پن màu hồng 健康

adj pinkish

fairly pink; close to pink The flowers of this plant are pinkish in colour. pienkerig مائِل إلى الوَرْدي розоват narůžovělý lidt lyserød blaßrosa ροδαλός rosáceo roosakas نسبتاً صورتی رنگ vaaleanpunerva rosâtre וְרַדרַד थोडा गुलाबी ružičast rózsaszín(ű) kemerah-merahan bleikleitur rosato, roseo ピンクがかった 연분홍색의 rausvokas iesārts merah muda yg samar-samar rozeachtig rosaaktig, nesten rosa różowawy rosado trandafiriu розоватый ružovkastý rožnat ružičast rosaaktig ค่อนข้างมีสีชมพู pembemsi 帶桃紅色的 рожевуватий گلابي مائل hồng nhạt 带桃红色的

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pink → وردي růžový lyserød rosa ροζ rosa vaaleanpunainen rose ružičast rosa ピンク色の 분홍색의 roze rosa różowy cor-de-rosa розовый rosa ซึ่งมีสีชมพู pembe hồng 粉红的