"pinks" in the noun sense

1. pink

a light shade of red

2. pink, garden pink

any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

3. pinko, pink

a person with mildly leftist political views

"pinks" in the verb sense

1. tap, rap, knock, pink

make light, repeated taps on a surface

"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

2. pink, ping, knock

sound like a car engine that is firing too early

"the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"

"The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"

3. pink

cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

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