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pink

/ˈpɪŋk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
pink
IPA
/ˈpɪŋk/
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

noun

Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A huntsman.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced by pink, was incarnation ([1300s]; see Etymonline) and carnation.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, pingelen, pinca, *pincio, pink

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpɪŋk/
  • British English: /ˈpɪŋk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pinks (plural) pinker (comparative) pinkest (superlative) pinks (present, singular) pinking (participle, present) pinked (participle, past) pinked (past)

Derived Forms

firepink nonpink pinkeen pinken pinkeye pinkface pinkie pinkification pinkify pinkish pinkly pinkness

Phrases

baby pink Baker-Miller pink Barbie pink blood pink blow me pink brink pink bubble-pink bunch pink

Synonyms

draw blood jab prick chef chib ching chive enthrill foin gore gride job

Rhymes With

think link drink inc sink ink sync shrink blink zinc brink wink

Questions

How do you pronounce pink?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪŋk/.
What does pink mean?
A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
Where does pink come from?
It is traced to Dutch. First known use: [1300s].

How to pronounce pink

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