Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A narrow-sterned boat; a pink Also pinkie.
  • Of a pink color; somewhat pink.
  • Of eyes, narrow; drooping.
  • Small, in general; very small: as, a pinky ring; the pinky finger.
  • noun The little finger.
  • Winking; blinking; pink-eyed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Naut.) See 1st pink.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Pinkish.
  • noun uncountable, historical, slang, Australia Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.
  • noun A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc.
  • noun offensive, slang, ethnic slur A white person.
  • noun The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the finger farthest from the thumb

Etymologies

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pink +‎ -y

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From Dutch pinkje

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Examples

  • Nosal also said Saturday the tip of his pinky is starting to grow back.

    Virginia Tech progress reports: offensive line Mark Giannotto 2010

  • And observe the pinky is posied to show he is a trooper of impecable manners.

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  • The Maid of the Mist was stuck on ground, so with a little push of my fingers (not my pinky, that is solely reserved for afternoon yea), I launched the boat away from land and into the Niagara gorge.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Now, assuming that the position of a pinky is a highly accurate predictor of shooting ability, and that skilled players know this on some level, have they also learned to get their pinkies into the right position when they shoot?

    Method to March Madness 2009

  • Bethany and her husband said their "I do's" over a pinky swear because, as she said, "you NEVER break a pinky promise."

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  • Dr.J. J.seph Kim, president and CEO, stated, "Our development team has been working diligently to bring about a 'pinky'-sized clinic-ready device.

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  • Unfortunately, so adept is Fat Cyclist at contest curation and so slow am I at blogging that, before I could even put finger to keyboard I type with one finger--you know it as the "pinky," I call it my "special digit" to mention this, registration for the contest already filled up.

    Cracks in the Sidewalk: The Future of Bike-Sharing BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • P.S. To the person called "pinky" in your comment you did not once say "Narf", "Zort" or "Blart" therefor, you sir, are not Pinky.

    Keep On Darthin' In The Free World 2005

  • Mr Webb was doing something on the board but also eating a twix at the same time and oh he looked so cute, and when he eats he sticks his 'pinky' (little finger) up!

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  • “When I see you in winter, in furs, with your cheeks red, I think you’re prettiest then, but when I see you in summer, in a straw hat and a shirtwaist and a duck skirt and white gloves and those little silver buckled slippers, and your rose-coloured parasol, and your cheeks not red but with a kind of pinky glow about them, then I see I must have been wrong about the winter!

    Chapter 17 1918

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