Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word pink. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in pink.
Definitions and meaning of pink
pink
Pronunciation
(UK) enPR: pĭngk, IPA(key): /pɪŋk/
(General American) IPA(key): /pɪŋk/, [pʰɪŋk]
Rhymes: -ɪŋk
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutchpincken(“blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked.
Noun
pink (pluralpinks)
A colour reminiscent of pinks, the flowers. [from 17th c.]
Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.
Pale red.
Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. [from 16th c.]
(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality. [from 16th c.]
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters. [from 18th c.]
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points. [from 19th c.]
(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
Alternative form of pinko
(slang) The vagina or vulva.
Translations
Adjective
pink (comparativepinker, superlativepinkest)
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.
(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
(informal) Relating to women or girls.
(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
pink (third-person singular simple presentpinks, present participlepinking, simple past and past participlepinked)
(intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
(transitive) To turn (something) pink.
(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
Unknown. Some lexicographers suggest comparison to regional GermanPinke(“minnow; small salmon”), but this is not widely accepted.
Noun
pink (pluralpinks)
(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. [from 15th c.]
(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. [from 17th c.]
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Middle Dutchpincke.
Noun
pink (pluralpinks)
(now obsolete) A narrow boat. [from 15th c.]
Etymology 4
Probably from Dutchpingelen(“to do fine needlework”) or Low German [Term?]; compare Low Germanpinken(“hit, peck”) and Pinke(“big needle”).
Verb
pink (third-person singular simple presentpinks, present participlepinking, simple past and past participlepinked)
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
To prick with a sword.
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
Derived terms
pinkers
pinking shears
Noun
pink (pluralpinks)
(obsolete) A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.
(obsolete) A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by extension) a bullet; a stab.
1601, Weever, Mirr. Mart., C j:
At a great word she will her poynard draw, Looke for the pincke if once thou giue the lye.
(obsolete) A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with a pinking iron; a scallop.
c.1632–1641, Ben Jonson, Magnetick Lady, iii. 4:
You had rather have / An ulcer in your body than a pink / More in your clothes.
Etymology 5
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
pink (third-person singular simple presentpinks, present participlepinking, simple past and past participlepinked)
Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
Translations
Etymology 6
Borrowed from Dutchpinken.
Verb
pink (third-person singular simple presentpinks, present participlepinking, simple past and past participlepinked)
(obsolete) To wink; to blink.
Adjective
pink (not comparable)
(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
Etymology 7
Unknown. Attested from the late 15th century.
Noun
pink (uncountable)
(historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
References
Anagrams
knip
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishpink.
Adjective
pink
pink coloured
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɪŋk/
Hyphenation: pink
Rhymes: -ɪŋk
Etymology 1
Of obscure origin. Sometimes compared to Etymology 2 and 3 below in the sense of "something small." Perhaps related to pin or otherwise borrowed from a substrate language with unshifted p-.
Noun
pinkm (pluralpinken, diminutivepinkjen)
pinkie (little finger)
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
pinkm (pluralpinken, diminutivepinkjen)
one-year-old calf, a bovine yearling
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutchpinke, of unkown origin. Connections to Etymology 1 above ("pinkie") in the sense of "elongated object" remain purely hypothetical. Compare Proto-West Germanic*pinnā.
Noun
pinkm (pluralpinken, diminutivepinkjen)
a pink (historic coastal fishing boat with one mast, often landed on beaches)
Derived terms
→ English: pink
→ French: pinque
→ Catalan: pinc
→ Italian: pinco
→ Portuguese: pinque
See also
bij de pinken zijn
Anagrams
knip
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low Germanbenk, most likely influenced by Swedishbänk.
2009, Mark Billingham (English text) and Isabella Bruckmaier (translated from English into German), Das Blut der Opfer. Ein Inspector-Thorne-Roman, Goldmann:
Usage notes
For paler shades, German does not use pink but rosa.
Pink is generally declined like a normal adjective: eine pinke Jacke (“a pink jacket”). Some prescriptive grammars and dictionaries like Duden state that declined forms are colloquial and that pink should be invariable (eine pink Jacke). However, such usage is very rare and would even strike a great deal of native speakers as ungrammatical. See the various corpora at www.dwds.de, which include hundreds of attestations for the declined forms, but at most a handful for invariable use in attributive position.
Declension
References
“pink” in Duden online
“pink” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache