pinked
verb
Meaning
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- To prick with a sword.
- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
- To choose; to cull; to pick out.
- To become pink in color, to redden.
- To turn (something) pink.
- To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
- 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).
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
- To wink; to blink.
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