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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pink
    adj 1: of a light shade of red [syn: pink, pinkish]
    n 1: a light shade of red
    2: any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus
       cultivated for their fragrant flowers [syn: pink, garden
       pink]
    3: a person with mildly leftist political views [syn: pinko,
       pink]
    v 1: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
         fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: tap, rap,
         knock, pink]
    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" [syn: pink, ping,
       knock]
    3: cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.)
   A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
   --Sir W. Scott.
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   Pink stern (Naut.), a narrow stern.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pink \Pink\, v. i. [D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with
   the eyes.]
   To wink; to blink. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pink \Pink\, a.
   Half-shut; winking. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pink \Pink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Pinking.] [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form
   of pick.]
   1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth
      or paper, in small scallops or angles.
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   2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison.
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   3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pink \Pink\, n.
   A stab. --Grose.
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7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
   petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]
   1. (Bot.) 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.
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   2. 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. --Dryden.
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   3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
      of something. "The very pink of courtesy." --Shak.
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   4. (Zool.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color
      of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
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   Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.

   China pink, or Indian pink. See under China.

   Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which
      carnations are derived.

   Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.

   Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to
      the ragged robin.

   Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.

   Moss pink. See under Moss.

   Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
      tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.

   Sea pink. See Thrift.
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8. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pink \Pink\, a.
   Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink
   (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
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   Pink eye (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of
      ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of
      the eyeball.

   Pink salt (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of
      (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a
      mordant for madder and cochineal.

   Pink saucer, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is
      covered with a pink pigment.
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9. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Pink, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    1165
   Housing Units (2000): 466
   Land area (2000):     25.953547 sq. miles (67.219375 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    25.953547 sq. miles (67.219375 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            59150
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             35.232145 N, 97.107072 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Pink, OK
    Pink


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