pinked
SayPINGKT/pɪŋkt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of pink.
The dressmaker pinked the raw edges to keep the wool from unraveling.
He pinked his rival's shoulder with a quick thrust of the blade.
Note
One spelling carries two families of meaning, one about color and one about cutting. Cheeks that pinked simply reddened. That use is intransitive and takes no passive, while a topaz pinked by heat was turned pink on purpose. A pinked hem or a pinked shoulder belongs to the other family: an edge cut with holes or scallops, a sword's prick, or figuratively a critic's barb. Context, not form, tells them apart.
pinked is a form of pink
pink, verb: To become pink, or to make something pink. Full entry
- Spelling
- pink → pinked: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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