pink

1. 1.

   make light, repeated taps on a surface

   “he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently”

   Synonymstaprapknock

   Broadersound
2. 2.

   sound like a car engine that is firing too early

   “the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline”

   “The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded”

   Synonymspingknock

   Broadersound
3. 3.

   cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

   Broadercut

1. 1.

   of a light shade of red

   Synonymspinkish

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of pink

plural

pinks·

past tense

pinked·

present participle

pinking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pink

What does pink mean?

pink means "a light shade of red". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pink?

pink has 1 syllable: pink. In IPA it is /ˈpɪŋk/.

What is another word for pink?

Close synonyms include garden pink, pinko, tap, rap, knock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pink a common word?

pink is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.