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noun
1.
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
2.
any of several plants of the genus Dianthus, as the clove pink or carnation. Compare pink family.
3.
the flower of such a plant; carnation.
4.
the highest form or degree; prime: a runner in the pink of condition.
5.
EXPAND(often initial capital letter) Also, pinko. Slang: Disparaging. a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions.
6.
Business Informal. a carbon copy, as of a sales slip or invoice, made on pink tissue paper.
7.
pinks,
a.
Fox Hunting. pink coat.
b.
pinkish-tan gabardine trousers formerly worn by military officers as part of the dress uniform.
8.
COLLAPSEthe scarlet color of hunting pinks.
adjective
9.
of the color pink: pink marble.
10.
Slang: Disparaging. holding, or regarded as holding, mildly leftist views, especially in politics.
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Pinker
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
11.
tickled pink. tickle (def. 10).
Origin:
1565–75; origin uncertain
1565–75; origin uncertain
Related forms
pink·ness, noun
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Word Origin & History
pink
c.1307, "pierce, stab, make holes in," perhaps from a Romanic stem *pinc- (cf. Fr. piquer, Sp. picar), from L. pungere "to pierce, prick" (see pungent). Surviving mainly in pinking shears.
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