Dictionary

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.

Example: This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

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

Example: Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.

The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.

Example: My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.

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.

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.