pink
a light shade of red
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,298 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,584 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a light shade of red
- any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers also: garden pink
- a person with mildly leftist political views also: pinko
adjective
- of a light shade of red also: pinkish
verb
- make light, repeated taps on a surface also: tap, rap, knock he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early also: ping, knock the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasolineThe car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded
- cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
pink in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Their pink stomachs throbbed, and at first he feared they were dying.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1
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I felt my cheeks getting pink, and bent down to look into the fire.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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Her daughter was pretty, and had a slim, swaying waist, soft pink cheeks, and a pouting mouth.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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A Russian Finn, wearing a yellow shirt with pink stripes, stared upwards, dreamy-eyed, from under a mop of tumbled hair.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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Her cheeks were flushed delicately with the soft pink of the lichen flowers that bloom in the rare days of early summer.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1