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pinky¹

  • /ˈpɪŋki/

Sounds like pinkie · Rhymes with -ɪŋki

adjective pinkier · pinkiest

  1. Pinkish. In a pinky paper all folded neat, And they fastened it down with a pin.

noun pinkies

  1. Australia, historical, slang, uncountable Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals. “Here,” Nigel greeted him, “do try a spot of ‘pinky,’ it's ever so much fun, really.”
  2. countable, uncountable A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc.
  3. countable, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, uncountable A white person.

    Similar: abelungu, ang moh, Angrez, balanda, béké, bule, cac, Caucasian, cornstarch crusader, cracker, cumskin, Eurangutan

  4. Australia, countable, informal, uncountable The Australasian snapper or pink snapper (Chrysophrys auratus). You may get some pinkies around the Black Rock area, but the snapper *run* is normally from late October to mid January, although it sounds like the odd adult fish is still lurking..
  5. countable, historical, uncountable A kind of fishing schooner of New England.

pinky²

  • /ˈpɪŋki/

Sounds like pinkie · Rhymes with -ɪŋki

Where it comes from

From Dutch pinkje, diminutive of Dutch pink (“little finger”). Cognate with West Frisian pinke (“pinky”), dialectal English pink (“something small or tiny”), and perhaps to Old English pinca (“a point”). Compare also German Low German Pink (“penis”), English pintle (“penis”).

noun pinkies · pinkie

  1. Australia, Canada, Scotland, US, informal The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot. Everyday ^([sic]) as he passes them, the hookers wave at him with their pinkies and say, “Hi there, little boy!”

    Similar: little finger, pinky finger, pinky toe, little piggy, digit V, fifth digit

pinky³

  • /ˈpɪŋki/

Sounds like pinkie · Rhymes with -ɪŋki

Where it comes from

From pink + -y, from pink (“to wink”).

adjective pinkier · pinkiest

  1. winking

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: little finger, pinkie, rosette, piggy, finger, anus, chick, pinkish, baby pink, pinkwashed, rose-pink, rosish, pink, millennial pink, rose-coloured, rose

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@misc{pinky_2026,
  title = {pinky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pinky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}