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- [pingk]
- /pɪŋk/
- /pɪŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pingk]
- /pɪŋk/
Definitions of pink word
- noun pink a vessel with a pink stern. 1
- adjective pink of the color pink: pink marble. 1
- adjective pink Older Slang: Disparaging. holding mildly leftist political opinions. leaning toward communist ideology. 1
- adjective pink Informal. of or relating to homosexuals or homosexuality. 1
- idioms pink tickled pink. tickle (def 10). 1
- verb with object pink to pierce with a rapier or the like; stab. 1
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Origin of pink
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pink
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pink popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pink
noun pink
- bittersweet — If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones.
- blusher — Blusher is a coloured substance that women put on their cheeks.
- bricker — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- burgundy — Burgundy is used to describe things that are purplish-red in colour.
- cardinals — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
adj pink
- blowsy — (esp of a woman) untidy in appearance; slovenly or sluttish
- blowzy — fat, ruddy, and coarse-looking
- florid — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- flushed — a flushed bird or flock of birds.
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
verb pink
- cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- glow — a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity; incandescence.
- incarnadine — blood-red; crimson.
- indent — indentation
- luminesce — to exhibit luminescence.
adjective pink
- aflush — (archaic, or, poetic) flushed, blushing.
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