Meaning

A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers..

Definitions by Sense

1. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
2. Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
3. (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
4. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
5. A huntsman.
6. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
7. (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
8. Alternative form of pinko.

Example Sentences

My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

Jasper couldn't have known they'd been overheard upstairs, but his little smirk coming and going invited you to guess he'd been up to something. He had the pink of sex about him still.

Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.

This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

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

Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.

I had taken it for granted that there would be people ‘in pink’, but these enormous confident strangers overwhelmed me with the visible authenticity of their brick-red coats.

it is interesting to note the curious legend that the pink of the hunting field is not due to any optical advantage but to an entirely different reason.

Word Forms

• pinks
• pinker
• pinkest
• pinking
• pinked

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When Should You Use Pink?

Use pink when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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