pink

Meanings

• a light shade of red
• any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
• a person with mildly leftist political views
• make light, repeated taps on a surface
• sound like a car engine that is firing too early
  • "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
• cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
• of a light shade of red

Synonyms

garden pink, knock, ping, pinkish, pinko, rap, tap