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Meaning:
Adjective:
- Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
- Having conjunctivitis.
- obsolete By comparison to ''red'' (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
- Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
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Noun:
- A colour between red and white; pale red.
- A narrow boat.
- Any of various flowers in the genus ''Dianthus'', sometimes called carnations.
- archaic excellence, perfection
- colloquial A young salmon.
- colloquial The European minnow.
- snooker One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
- hunting pink; scarlet
- slang A unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare ''babbitt'', ''bourgeoisie''.
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Verb:
- 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).
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- To prick with a sword.
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