pink
A pale red colour
Pretty pink flowers
Oxford Essential Dictionary
pink
adjective
with a light red colour:
a pink jumper
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pink
I. pink1 S2 W3 /pɪŋk/ BrE AmE adjective
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from ⇨ ↑pink2(2)]
1. pale red:
bright pink lipstick
Hannah’s face went pink. ⇨ ↑shocking pink
2. [only before noun] British English relating to people who are ↑homosexual
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
pink
pink [pink pinks pinked pinking pinker pinkest] adjective, noun, verb [pɪŋk] [pɪŋk]
adjective
1. 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.
2. only before noun (BrE) connected with homosexual people
• the pink pound (= money spent by homosexuals as an influence in the economy)
3. (politics) (informal, disapproving) having or showing slightly left-wing political views
• pale pink politics
compare red adj.
see be tickled pink at tickle v.
Word Origin:
adj. and n. sense 1 mid 17th cent. pink
n. sense 2 late 16th cent. pink eye ‘small or half-shut eye’ French oeillet ‘little eye’
v. early 20th cent.
Example Bank:
• He was pink with anger.
• She could feel herself going pink.
• The western sky was glowing pink.
Idiom: in the pink
Derived Word: pinkness
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
pink / pɪŋk / adjective (COLOUR)
A2 of a pale red colour:
pretty pink flowers
Have you been in the sun? Your nose is a bit pink.
pinkness / ˈpɪŋk.nəs / noun [ U ]
pink / pɪŋk / adjective old-fashioned disapproving (POLITICS)
(slightly) supporting socialist ideas and principles
pink / pɪŋk / adjective (GAY)
connected with gay people:
the growth in the pink economy
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
pink
/pɪŋk/
(pinker, pinkest, pinks)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Pink is the colour between red and white.
...pink lipstick.
...white flowers edged in pink.
...sweaters in a variety of pinks and blues.
COLOUR
• pink‧ish
Her nostrils were pinkish, as though she had a cold.
ADJ
• pink‧ness
Meat which has been cooked thoroughly shows no traces of pinkness.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you go pink, your face turns a slightly redder colour than usual because you are embarrassed or angry, or because you are doing something energetic.
She went pink again as she remembered her mistake.
= flush
COLOUR: usu v-link COLOUR
3.
Pink is used to refer to things relating to or connected with homosexuals.
Businesses are now more aware of the importance of the ‘pink pound’.
ADJ
4.
Pinks are small plants that people grow in their gardens. They have sweet-smelling pink, white, or red flowers.
N-COUNT: usu pl
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
2pink adj : of the color pink
• pink roses
• Her dress is pale/salmon pink.
tickled pink
