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What does pink mean?

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Noun
  1. (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. [from 15th c.]
  2. (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. [from 17th c.]
Noun
  1. (now historical) A narrow boat. [from 15th c.]
Verb
  1. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
  2. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
  3. To choose; to cull; to pick out.
Noun
  1. A stab.
Noun
  1. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. [from 16th c.]
  2. (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality. [from 16th c.]
  3. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red. [from 17th c.]
  4. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters. [from 18th c.]
  5. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points. [from 19th c.]
  6. (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.
Adjective
  1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
  2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
  3. Having conjunctivitis.
  4. (obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
  5. (informal) Relating to women or girls.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to turn something pink.
Verb
  1. (of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
Verb
  1. (obsolete) To wink; to blink.
Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
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