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Dictionary definition · pink

noun

  1. a light shade of red
  2. any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
  3. a person with mildly leftist political views

verb

  1. make light, repeated taps on a surface"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
  2. sound like a car engine that is firing too early"the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"
  3. cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

adjective

  1. of a light shade of red

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).