pinkadjective
uk/pɪŋk/us/pɪŋk/pink adjective (PALE RED)
A2 of a pale red colour:
More examples
- She was wearing a vivid pink shirt.
- Prawns are grey when they're raw, and turn pink when they're cooked.
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Common colours
- blue
- bluish
- brown
- brownish
- green
- greenish
- orange
- pinkish
- purple
- purplish
- red
- redden
- reddish
- yellow
- yellowish
pink adjective (SOCIALIST)
old-fashioned disapproving (slightly) supporting socialist ideas and principles
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- political science
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- the Liberal Party
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
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pink adjective (GAY)
relating to gay people:
pinknoun
uk/pɪŋk/us/pɪŋk/pink noun (COLOUR)
A2 [ C or U ] a pale red colour:
More examples
- a delicate shade of pink
- She looks best in bright, vibrant colours, like red and pink.
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Common colours
- blue
- bluish
- brown
- brownish
- green
- greenish
- orange
- pinkish
- purple
- purplish
- red
- redden
- reddish
- yellow
- yellowish
pink noun (PLANT)
[ C ] a small garden plant with sweet-smelling pink, white, or red flowers and narrow, grey-green leaves, or one of its flowers
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Flowers & flowering plants
- anemone
- antirrhinum
- aster
- aubretia
- begonia
- catkin
- delphinium
- dogwood
- evening primrose
- forget-me-not
- forsythia
- marigold
- narcissus
- nasturtium
- oleander
- orchid
- water lily
- wild flower
- wisteria
- woodbine
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Idiom(s)
pinkverb [ I ]
uk/pɪŋk/us/pɪŋk/UK US pingWhen a car engine pinks, it makes a high knocking sound because the fuel is not burning correctly.
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- jangling
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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