Definition of pinks Pinks
/pɪˈŋks/ - [pingks] -
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What does pinks mean?
Wiktionary 
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| pink - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers | ||
| garden pink | ||
| flower reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts | ||
| dianthus, genus dianthus carnations and pinks | ||
| dianthus barbatus, sweet william Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers | ||
| clove pink, dianthus caryophyllus, carnation, gillyflower a pink or reddish-pink color | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I | ||
| salmon pink, yellowish pink, apricot, peach a shade of pink tinged with yellow | ||
| pink - a person with mildly leftist political views | ||
| pinko | ||
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| 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 appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting" | ||
| pink - cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| pink - make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" | ||
| tap, rap, knock | ||
| sound, go appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting" | ||
Adjectivepink, pinker, pinkest |
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| pink - of a light shade of red | ||
| pinkish | ||
| chromatic being or having or characterized by hue | ||
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Wiktionary
- pink (Noun)
Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. - pink (Noun)
The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red. - pink (Noun)
hunting Hunting pink ; scarlet, as worn by hunters. - pink (Noun)
A unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie. - pink (Noun)
Any pink object. - pink (Verb)
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe. - pink (Verb)
To prick with a sword. - pink (Verb)
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule. - pink (Verb)
To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used in a spark ignition engine. - pink (Adjective)
Having a colour between red and white; pale red. - pink (Adjective)
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet. - pink (Adjective)
Having conjunctivitis. - pink (Adjective)
By comparison to red communist, describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko. - pink (Adjective)
Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pink (n.)
A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky. - pink (v. i.)
To wink; to blink. - pink (a.)
Half-shut; winking. - pink (v. t.)
To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles. - pink (v. t.)
To stab; to pierce as with a sword. - pink (v. t.)
To choose; to cull; to pick out. - pink (n.)
A stab. - pink (v. t.)
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. - pink (v. t.)
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. - pink (v. t.)
Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. - pink (v. t.)
The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. - pink (a.)
Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A colour obtained when mixing red and white paint. -
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Whose colour between red and white.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pink
pingk, n. a boat with a narrow stern.—Also Pink′y. [Dut.; Ger. pinke.] -
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pingk, v.t. to stab or pierce, esp. with a sword or rapier: to decorate by cutting small holes or scallops.—n. a stab: an eyelet.—adj. Pinked, pierced or worked with small holes.—n. Pink′ing-ī′ron, a tool for pinking or scalloping. [Either through A.S. pyngan, from L. pungĕre, to prick; or acc. to Skeat, a nasalised form of pick.] -
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pingk, n. a flower of any one of several plants of the genus Dianthus—carnation, &c.: a shade of light-red colour like that of the flower: a scarlet hunting-coat, also the person wearing such: the minnow, from the colour of its abdomen in summer: any type or example of excellence in its kind.—adj. of a pink colour.—n. Pink′iness.—adj. Pink′ish, somewhat pink.—n. Pink′-root, the root of the Carolina or Indian pink, a common vermifuge.—Pink of perfection, the very highest state of perfection: an example of highest perfection.—Dutch pink, a yellow lake obtained from quercitron bark: (slang) blood. [Prob. a nasalised form of Celt. pic, a point—from the finely notched edges of the petals.] -
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pingk, v.i. to wink: to half-shut.—n. Pink′-eye, a disease in horses in which the eye turns somewhat red.—adj. Pink′-eyed, having pink eyes like a rabbit: having small or half-shut eyes.—adj. Pink′y, winking. [Dut. pinken, to wink.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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pink
(pinque, Fr.) a name given to a ship with a very narrow stern; whence all vessels, however small, whose sterns are fashioned in this manner, are called pink-sterned.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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pink
A ship with a very narrow stern, having a small square part above. The shape is of old date, but continued, especially by the Danes, for the advantage of the quarter-guns, by the ship's being contracted abaft. Also, one of the many names for the minnow.--To pink, to stab, as, between casks, to detect men stowed away.
Wikipedia 
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Pink is a pale reddish color. Pink paint can be made by mixing red paint and white paint.
Meaning of Pink.
Pink is the color for embarrassment, because of the pink blushing cheeks. In many countries, pink is thought to be a color for girls, and girl babies are often dressed in pink.
Pink is also the stagename of American singer Alecia Moore. It is spelled as P!nk in her name.
