pink

adjective

/pɪŋk/

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pale red in colour
- pale pink roses
- She went bright pink with embarrassment.
- The sun was now just a pink glow in the evening sky.
- She was wearing a hot (= bright) pink top.
- Outside, the sky is turning pink.
see also hot pink, salmon pink, shocking pink
Extra Examples
- He was pink with anger.
- She could feel herself going pink.
- The western sky was glowing pink.
Topics Colours and Shapesa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- glow
- go
- grow
- …
adjective
- fluorescent
- hot
- baby
- …
preposition
- with
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[only before noun] (British English) connected with gay people
- the pink pound (= money spent by gays and lesbians as an influence in the economy)
(informal, disapproving, politics) having or showing slightly left-wing political views
- pale pink politics
compare red

Word Originadjective mid 17th cent.: from pink (the plant), the early use of the adjective being to describe the colour of the flowers of this plant.

pink

noun

/pɪŋk/

Idioms

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[uncountable, countable] the colour that is produced when you mix red and white together
- She was dressed in pink.
- She frowned as her cheeks flushed a light shade of pink.
- The bedroom was decorated in pale pinks.
see also hot pinkTopics Colours and Shapesa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- glow
- go
- grow
- …
adjective
- fluorescent
- hot
- baby
- …
preposition
- with
See full entry
[countable] a garden plant with pink, red or white flowers that have a sweet smell

Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 17th cent.: from pink (the plant), the early use of the adjective being to describe the colour of the flowers of this plant. noun sense 2 late 16th cent.: perhaps short for pink eye, literally ‘small or half-shut eye’; compare with the synonymous French word oeillet, literally ‘little eye’.

Idioms

in the pink

(old-fashioned, informal) in good health

pink

verb

/pɪŋk/

(British English)

(North American English ping)

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they pink	/pɪŋk/ /pɪŋk/
he / she / it pinks	/pɪŋks/ /pɪŋks/
past simple pinked	/pɪŋkt/ /pɪŋkt/
past participle pinked	/pɪŋkt/ /pɪŋkt/
-ing form pinking	/ˈpɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈpɪŋkɪŋ/

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(of a car engine) to make knocking sounds because the fuel is not burning correctly
Word Originverb early 20th cent.: imitative.

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