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How to pronounce pink in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pinkish
Type Words
Synonyms pinko
Type of left-winger, collectivist, leftist
Type Words
Synonyms garden pink
Type of flower
Has types grass pink, maiden pink, rainbow pink, dianthus latifolius, button pink, carnation, cheddar pink, china pink, clove pink, cottage pink, diangus gratianopolitanus, dianthus barbatus, dianthus caryophyllus, dianthus chinensis, dianthus deltoides, dianthus plumarius, dianthus supurbus, fringed pink, gillyflower, sweet william
Type Words
Synonyms knock, rap, tap
Type of go, sound
Type Words
Synonyms knock, ping
Type of go, sound


The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded.
Type Words
Type of spectral color, chromatic colour, chromatic color, spectral colour
Has types solferino, salmon pink, peach, pinkness, purplish pink, apricot, rose, rosiness, carnation, yellowish pink, coral
Derivation pinkify
Type Words
Type of cut

Examples of pink

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Cook it for several seconds on each side, just until no traces of pink are left.
From the thenewstribune.com
Abidal floats one in for the team in pink, but Keita can't get on the end of it.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Matt Cyr painted his face with pink stripes in support of his mother and sister.
From the tennessean.com
It's a heady mix of black, pink and white peppercorns, white moss and patchouli.
From the sfgate.com
Stir a few drops of red food coloring into white icing, which will turn it pink.
From the time.com
Your little sister, Katie, now 15, cries until her face is as pink as her shirt.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Maybe it's wearing plus fours, white shoes and pink shirts that addle the brain.
From the expressandstar.com
The pink ballerina and parrot waxcap are just two to spot in the sheep pastures.
From the telegraph.co.uk
That's because the pink liquid in the barrel resembles the popular Mexican stew.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • Of a light shade of red
  • Tap: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
  • Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
  • 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"
  • Cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
  • Pinko: a person with mildly leftist political views
  • Pink is a pale red color. The use of the word for the color we know today as pink was first recorded in the late 17th century.
  • Pink is an album by Japanese band Boris, released in 2005 on Diwphalanx Records in Japan and subsequently reissued in the US on Southern Lord. The album received very favourable reviews, largely for taking a more melodic and accessible direction than the band's previous work. ...
  • Copland was a project at Apple Computer to create an updated version of the Macintosh operating system. It was to have introduced protected memory, preemptive multitasking and a number of new underlying operating system features, yet still be compatible with most existing Mac software. ...