pinked
past simple and past participle ofpink
pink
verb[I]
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
Examplesofpinked
pinked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The flowers have five petals, typically with a frilled or "pinked" margin, and are (in almost all species) pale to dark pink.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the carnation has scalloped, orpinked, edges to its petals, pinking shears can be thought to produce an edge similar to the flower.
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