pinky
/ˈpɪŋki/
pinky adjective: pinkish.
Adjective (1)
pinky (comparative pinkier, superlative pinkiest)
- Pinkish.
- In a pinky paper all folded neat,
And they fastened it down with a pin.1871, Edward Lear, The Jumblies
- In a pinky paper all folded neat,
Noun (1)
pinky (countable and uncountable, plural pinkies)
- Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.
- “Here,” Nigel greeted him, “do try a spot of ‘pinky,’ it's ever so much fun, really.”2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 262
- A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc.
- A white person.
- The Australasian snapper or pink snapper (Chrysophrys auratus).
- You may get some pinkies around the Black Rock area, but the snapper *run* is normally from late October to mid January, although it sounds like the odd adult fish is still lurking..2001 May 3, Lindsay Vincent, “Re: snapper fishing in Victoria”, in aus.sport.fishing (Usenet)
- A kind of fishing schooner of New England.
Noun (2)
pinky (plural pinkies)
- The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.
- Everyday ^([sic]) as he passes them, the hookers wave at him with their pinkies and say, “Hi there, little boy!”2003, Billoo Badhshah, The Unofficial Joke Book of Australia, page 126
- Synonyms:
- little finger, pinky finger, pinky toe, little piggy, digit V, fifth digit
Adjective (2)
pinky (comparative pinkier, superlative pinkiest)
- winking
pinky meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pinky in Hindi
- पिंकी
pinky in Tamil
- சுண்டுவிரல்
pinky in Marathi
- पिंकी
pinky in Urdu
- چھنگلی
More languagesFewer languages
- pinky in Bengali
- পিঙ্কি
- pinky in Telugu
- పింకీ, పింకి
- pinky in Malayalam
- പിങ്കി
- pinky in Kannada
- ಕಿರುಬೆರಳು
- pinky in Punjabi
- ਪਿੰਕੀ
- pinky in Gujarati
- પિંકી
- pinky in Odia
- ପିଙ୍କି
- pinky in Assamese
- কেঞা আঙুলি keña aṅuli
- pinky in Nepali
- पिंकी, पिङ्की, पिङ्कि
- pinky in Arabic
- دِرْص dirṣ
Synonyms of pinky
Forms of pinky
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | pinkier |
| superlative | pinkiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | pinkies |
| alternative form | pinkie |
Origin of pinky
From pink + -y.
From Dutch pinkje, diminutive of Dutch pink (“little finger”). Cognate with West Frisian pinke (“pinky”), dialectal English pink (“something small or tiny”), and perhaps to Old English pinca (“a point”). Compare also German Low German Pink (“penis”), English pintle (“penis”).
From pink + -y, from pink (“to wink”).
Words formed from pinky
Phrases with pinky
- pinky toe
- pinky toes
- pinky swore
- pinky sworn
- pinky breaks
- pinky finger
- pinky swears
- pinky fingers
- pinky sweared
- pinky cheaters
- pinky promised
- pinky promises
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with pinky
Questions about pinky
- What does pinky mean?
- Pinky means pinkish.
- What is pinky in Hindi?
- Pinky in Hindi is पिंकी. See Pinky meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pinky?
- Pinky can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pinky?
- Pinky is pronounced /ˈpɪŋki/.
Words near pinky in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinky (page history and authors); pinky (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinky (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pinky (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinky (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pinky (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinky (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinky (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinky (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pinky (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinky (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pinky (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); কেঞা আঙুলি (Assamese) (page history and authors); pinky (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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