to pink

Definition of to pink in English English dictionary: A unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie; Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations
This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.; A young salmon; hunting pink; scarlet
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. Formerly no man might hunt even on his own estate until he had a licence of free warren from the Crown. Consequently he merely hunted by the pleasure of the crown, taking part in what was an exclusively Royal sport by Royal permission. And for this Royal sport, he wore the Kings livery of scarlet.; Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet; To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine); excellence, perfection
Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.; One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points
Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.; of a light shade of red; {v} to stamp with small holes, to wink; {n} a flower, color, a vessel with a narrow sterm; of a group of colors bluish red to red in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation A fox hunter's coat of a scarlet color distinctive of this sport and called pink; A colour between red and white; pale red; Rossaenglish | adronato; To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe; If you go pink, your face turns a slightly redder colour than usual because you are embarrassed or angry, or because you are doing something energetic. She went pink again as she remembered her mistake. = flush; make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"; A stab; a light shade of red any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing 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"; Create a party line from 2 phone lines; Pinks are small plants that people grow in their gardens. They have sweet-smelling pink, white, or red flowers; A narrow boat; One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 6 points; To prick with a sword; To choose; to cull; to pick out; cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing; The European minnow; so called from the color of its abdomen in summer; (A) The flower is so called because the edges of the petals are pinked or notched (See below ); {i} color produced by combining white and red; type of flower; peak, summit; The European minnow; 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; Having a colour between red and white; pale red; Of a fox-hunters jacket: scarlet; To stab; to pierce as with a sword; Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons; A vessel with a very narrow stern; called also pinky; {f} pierce, stab; injure, harm; Having conjunctivitis; Half-shut; winking; Affection, love, enjoyment, pity, guilt; The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx; Pink is used to refer to things relating to or connected with homosexuals. Businesses are now more aware of the importance of the `pink pound'; {s} having a pink coloring; liberal, having progressive political views; To wink; to blink; 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"; any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers; To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles; By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko; 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; a light shade of red; Apple Computer's Object-Oriented Operating System (Merged with IBM to form "Taligent" ); to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set spark plugs"; Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something; Vulva, in human females; Pink is the colour between red and white. pink lipstick. white flowers edged in pink. sweaters in a variety of pinks and blues. + pinkish pink·ish Her nostrils were pinkish, as though she had a cold. + pinkness pink·ness Meat which has been cooked thoroughly shows no traces of pinkness