Pink

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

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A surname.

proper noun

1
A surname.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from Old English pinca (“chaffinch”). This would not be a native Germanic inheritance as the expected form would be finc, thus probably borrowed or contaminated from Vulgar Latin *pincio (see French pinson) and its related parallels. * Also as an English surname, from rare Middle English pink (“something small”), presumably related to pinkie. * As a German occupational surname for a blacksmith, from imitative pink(e)pank, after the sound of hammering. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, variant of Pjeńk, see Penk.

noun

1
datedAn operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

Etymology

Shortening.

Forms

plural: Pinks

ping · A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.Ping · A surname.pink · A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.

Pink · A surname.

pinkie · A little finger, the finger furthest on a hand from the thumb.Pinkie · A locality and historical house in Inveresk parish, East…pinky · Pinkish.

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