Magentanoun
A light purple, purplish-red, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.
Pinknoun
(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus}.
Magentaadjective
having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.
Pinknoun
(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
Magentanoun
An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; - so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsin, fuchsine, roseïne, etc.
Pinknoun
A narrow boat.
Magentanoun
The purplish-red color of magenta.
Pinknoun
A stab.
Magentanoun
a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
Pinknoun
Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
âThis garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.â;
Magentanoun
a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
Pinknoun
(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
âYour hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.â;
Magentaadjective
deep purplish red
Pinknoun
The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
âMy new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.â;
Magentanoun
a light mauvish-crimson which is one of the primary subtractive colours, complementary to green
âa short magenta dressâ; âbright pink double flowers each lined in dark magentaâ;
Pinknoun
Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
Magentanoun
the dye fuchsin.
Pinknoun
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
âOh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.â;
Magenta
Magenta () is a color that is variously defined as purplish-red, reddish-purple or mauvish-crimson. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located exactly midway between red and blue.
Pinknoun
(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.
Pinkverb
To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
Pinkverb
To prick with a sword.
Pinkverb
To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
Pinkverb
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
Pinkverb
(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to turn something pink.
Pinkverb
(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).
Pinkverb
(obsolete) To wink; to blink.
Pinkadjective
Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Pinkadjective
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Pinkadjective
Having conjunctivitis.
Pinkadjective
(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
Pinkadjective
(informal) Relating to women or girls.
âpink-collar; pink jobâ;
Pinkadjective
(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
âthe pink economyâ; âpink dollar; pink poundâ;
Pinkadjective
(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
Pinknoun
A vessel with a very narrow stern; - called also pinky.
Pinknoun
A stab.
Pinknoun
A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
Pinknoun
A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; - so called from the common color of the flower.
Pinknoun
Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
Pinknoun
The European minnow; - so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
Pinkverb
To wink; to blink.
Pinkverb
To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
Pinkverb
To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
Pinkverb
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
Pinkadjective
Half-shut; winking.
Pinkadjective
Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
Pinknoun
a light shade of red
Pinknoun
any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
Pinkverb
make light, repeated taps on a surface;
âhe was tapping his fingers on the table impatientlyâ;
Pinkverb
sound like a car engine that is firing too early;
âthe car pinged when I put in low-octane gasolineâ; âThe car pinked when the ignition was too far retardedâ;
Pinkverb
cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
Pinkadjective
of a light shade of red
Pinkadjective
of a colour intermediate between red and white, as of coral or salmon
âher face was pink with embarrassmentâ; âbright pink lipstickâ;
Pinkadjective
(of wine) rosé.
Pinkadjective
having or showing left-wing tendencies
âpink politiciansâ;
Pinkadjective
of or associated with homosexuals
âa boom in the pink economyâ; âthe pink poundâ;
Pinknoun
pink colour, pigment, or material
âsoft pastel shades of pink and blueâ;
Pinknoun
the scarlet jacket worn by fox-hunters or the material from which this is made.
Pinknoun
the pink ball in snooker.
Pinknoun
rosé wine.
Pinknoun
the best condition or degree
âthe economy is not in the pink of healthâ;
Pinknoun
a herbaceous Eurasian plant with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers and slender, typically grey-green leaves.
Pinknoun
a small square-rigged sailing ship, typically with a narrow, overhanging stern.
Pinknoun
a yellowish lake pigment made by combining vegetable colouring matter with a white base.
Pinkverb
become pink
âCheryl's cheeks pinked with sudden excitementâ;
Pinkverb
shear (a sheep) so closely that the colour of the skin is visible
âMcFowler pinked every sheep and never drew bloodâ;
Pinkverb
cut a scalloped or zigzag edge on
âI pinked the edge of the fabricâ;
Pinkverb
wound or nick (someone) slightly with a weapon or missile
âBernstein pinked him in the armâ;
Pinkverb
decorate
âApril pinked the earth with flowersâ;
Pinkverb
(of a vehicle engine) make a series of rattling sounds as a result of over-rapid combustion of the fuelâair mixture in the cylinders
âthe car was inclined to pink slightly in accelerating from a low engine speedâ;
Pink
Pink is a color that is a pale tint of red and is named after a flower of the same name. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century.