pink  /pɪŋk/

noun

1. a light shade of red

synset: pink

2. any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

synset: pink, garden_pink

3. a person with mildly leftist political views

synset: pinko, pink

verb

1. make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

synset: tap, rap, knock, pink

2. 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"

synset: pink, ping, knock

3. cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

synset: pink

adj

1. of a light shade of red

synset: pink, pinkish

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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