Pink vs. Blush

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Pinknoun

(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus}.

Pinknoun

(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

Pinknoun

A narrow boat.

Pinknoun

A stab.

Pinknoun

Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.

Pinknoun

(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.

Pinknoun

The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.

Pinknoun

Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.

Pinknoun

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.

Pinknoun

(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.

Pinkverb

To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.

Pinkverb

To prick with a sword.

Pinkverb

To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

Pinkverb

To choose; to cull; to pick out.

Pinkverb

(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to turn something pink.

Pinkverb

(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).

Pinkverb

(obsolete) To wink; to blink.

Pinkadjective

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

Pinkadjective

Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.

Pinkadjective

Having conjunctivitis.

Pinkadjective

(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.

Pinkadjective

(informal) Relating to women or girls.

Pinkadjective

(informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.

Pinkadjective

(obsolete) Half-shut; winking.

Pinknoun

A vessel with a very narrow stern; - called also pinky.

Pinknoun

A stab.

Pinknoun

A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.

Pinknoun

A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; - so called from the common color of the flower.

Pinknoun

Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.

Pinknoun

The European minnow; - so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.

Pinkverb

To wink; to blink.

Pinkverb

To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.

Pinkverb

To stab; to pierce as with a sword.

Pinkverb

To choose; to cull; to pick out.

Pinkadjective

Half-shut; winking.

Pinkadjective

Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.

Pinknoun

a light shade of red

Pinknoun

any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

Pinkverb

make light, repeated taps on a surface;

Pinkverb

sound like a car engine that is firing too early;

Pinkverb

cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

Pinkadjective

of a light shade of red

Pinkadjective

of a colour intermediate between red and white, as of coral or salmon

Pinkadjective

(of wine) rosé.

Pinkadjective

having or showing left-wing tendencies

Pinkadjective

of or associated with homosexuals

Pinknoun

pink colour, pigment, or material

Pinknoun

the scarlet jacket worn by fox-hunters or the material from which this is made.

Pinknoun

the pink ball in snooker.

Pinknoun

rosé wine.

Pinknoun

the best condition or degree

Pinknoun

a herbaceous Eurasian plant with sweet-smelling pink or white flowers and slender, typically grey-green leaves.

Pinknoun

a small square-rigged sailing ship, typically with a narrow, overhanging stern.

Pinknoun

a yellowish lake pigment made by combining vegetable colouring matter with a white base.

Pinkverb

become pink

Pinkverb

shear (a sheep) so closely that the colour of the skin is visible

Pinkverb

cut a scalloped or zigzag edge on

Pinkverb

wound or nick (someone) slightly with a weapon or missile

Pinkverb

decorate

Pinkverb

(of a vehicle engine) make a series of rattling sounds as a result of over-rapid combustion of the fuel–air mixture in the cylinders

Pink

Pink is a color that is a pale tint of red and is named after a flower of the same name. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century.

Blushnoun

An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc.

Blushnoun

A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.

Blushnoun

(figuratively) Feeling or appearance of optimism.

Blushnoun

A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

Blushnoun

A color between pink and cream.

Blushnoun

A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation.

Blushverb

(intransitive) To become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

Blushverb

To be ashamed or embarrassed (to do something).

Blushverb

(intransitive) To become red.

Blushverb

(transitive) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make rosy.

Blushverb

(transitive) To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade).

Blushverb

(transitive) To express or make known by blushing.

Blushverb

(intransitive) To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers.

Blushverb

To glance with the eye, cast a glance.

Blushverb

To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.

Blushverb

To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.

Blushverb

To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.

Blushverb

To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate.

Blushverb

To express or make known by blushing.

Blushnoun

A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

Blushnoun

A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

Blushnoun

a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

Blushnoun

sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

Blushverb

turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

Blushverb

become rosy or reddish;

Blushverb

show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face

Blushverb

feel embarrassed or ashamed

Blushverb

be or become pink or pale red

Blushnoun

a reddening of the face as a sign of shyness, embarrassment, or shame

Blushnoun

a pink or pale red tinge

Blushnoun

a wine with a slight pink tint made in the manner of white wine but from red grape varieties

Blushnoun

another term for blusher (sense 1)

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