pink 1 (p ngk)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. [Origin unknown.] pink  ness n. |
| 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. [Middle English pingen, pinken, to push, prick, from Old English pyngan, from Latin pungere; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.] |
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. [Middle English, from Middle Dutch pinke.] |
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
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]
pink3
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) a sailing vessel with a narrow overhanging transom
[from Middle Dutch pinke, of obscure origin]
Pink
See Also: CHEEKS, COLORS, FACIAL COLOR
- Pink and sweet as a magnolia —Diane Ackerman
- Pink as a new baby —George Garrett
- Pink as an infant’s skin —Charles Wright
- (Flesh-coloured stockings seemed) pink as blush roses —Rebecca West
- (Rosebuds) pink as girls’ first lipsticks —Marge Piercy
- (Belly) pink as strawberry ice cream —Marge Piercy
- (Face) pink as wild roses —W. P. Kinsella
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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  pink - a light shade of red pinkness - the quality of being pink carnation - a pink or reddish-pink color purplish pink, solferino - a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino coral - a variable color averaging a deep pink |
| 2. |  pink - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowersflower - 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | pink - make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" |
| 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" | |
| 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 chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
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]
pink2 [pɪŋk]
A. N
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
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
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
pink2 [pɪŋk]
A. VT (Sew) → rematar con tijeras dentadas; (= make holes in) [+ fabric] → calar (Fencing) → herir levemente
B. VI (Brit) (Aut) [engine] → picar
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.
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
pink1
pink2
pink3
n
(= plant) → Gartennelke f
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
pink2
pink3
vi (Aut) → klopfen
pink1 [pɪŋk]
pink2 [pɪŋk] vt (Sewing) → dentellare
1. n
a. (colour) → rosa m inv
2. adj
b. (Pol) (fam) → con tendenze di sinistra
pink2 [pɪŋk] vt (Sewing) → dentellare
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
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
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