PINK

Pink

Alecia Beth Moore, better known by her stage name Pink, is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Originally a member of the girl group Choice, she began her solo career with the 2000 single "There You Go" which was also included in her debut album, Can't Take Me Home, released later that year. The R&B album went on to be certified double-platinum in the United States. She gained further recognition upon collaborating with Lil' Kim, Christina Aguilera and Mýa for a cover of "Lady Marmalade" for the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack. That cover earned Pink her first Grammy Award as well as her first number-one ...

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pink

Noun

  1. The common minnow, .
  2. A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A narrow boat.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A stab.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
    This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.
  2. A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment some quality.
    Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
  3. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
    My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
  4. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
  5. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
    Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.
  6. An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.

Verb

  1. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
  2. To prick with a sword.
  3. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
  4. To choose; to cull; to pick out.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. 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 (etymology 3)

  1. To wink; to blink.

Adjective

  1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
  2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
  3. Having conjunctivitis.
  4. By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
  5. Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
    the pink economy
    pink dollar; pink pound

Adjective (etymology 2)

  1. Half-shut; winking.


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