present participle of pink

Decoration by adding holes or scalloping.

plural of pinking

(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. / (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

(now obsolete) A narrow boat.

To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe. / To prick with a sword. / To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

(obsolete) A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by extension) a bullet; a stab.

Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. / (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.

Having a colour between red and white; pale red. / Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet. / Having conjunctivitis.

(intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden. / (transitive) To turn (something) pink. / (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.