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Word entry · 4 letters

pink

Best crossword clue

"Light red color"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪŋk/Part of speech adjective, verb, nounSorted iknpStarts with PEnds with K4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of a light shade of red

Word origin

Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced by pink, was incarnation ([1300s]; see Etymonline) and carnation.

Used in a sentence

  • My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
  • Jasper couldn't have known they'd been overheard upstairs, but his little smirk coming and going invited you to guess he'd been up to something. He had the pink of sex about him still.
  • Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Light red color4 letters
02Pale red shade4 letters
03Rose-like color4 letters
04Pale red4 letters

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