The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
A narrow boat.
A stab.
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.
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.
A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.
An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
The vagina or vulva.
To become pink in color, to redden.
To turn (something) pink.
To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.
By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
Relating to women or girls.
pink job
Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
pink dollar
A socialist who is not wholly communist.
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.
To wink; to blink.
Half-shut; winking.
Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.