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1. (intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
2. (obsolete) To wink; to blink.
3. 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).
4. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
5. Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
6. To prick with a sword.
7. (transitive) To turn (something) pink.
8. (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
9. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

Substantiivi

1. (historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green or brown shades, made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
2. (obsolete) A small hole made by puncturing something, as with a rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.
3. (now obsolete) A narrow boat.
4. (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
5. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
6. Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.
7. (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.
8. (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
9. (obsolete) A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with a pinking iron; a scallop.
10. Pale red.
11. Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
12. (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
13. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
14. A huntsman.
15. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
16. (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
17. (slang) The vagina or vulva.

Adjektiivi

1. (obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
2. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
3. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
4. Having conjunctivitis.
5. By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
6. (informal) Relating to women or girls.
7. (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.