pink ◆◆◇ /p I ŋk/ (pinker , pinkest , pinks )
1 COLOUR Pink is the colour between red and white. □ …pink lipstick. □ …white flowers edged in pink. □ …sweaters in a variety of pinks and blues. ● pink|ish ADJ □ Her nostrils were pinkish, as though she had a cold. ● pink|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ Meat which has been cooked thoroughly shows no traces of pinkness.
2 COLOUR If you go pink , your face turns a slightly redder colour than usual because you are embarrassed or angry, or because you are doing something energetic. □ She went pink again as she remembered her mistake.
3 ADJ Pink is used to refer to things relating to or connected with homosexuals. □ Businesses are now more aware of the importance of the 'pink pound'.
4 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Pinks are small plants that people grow in their gardens. They have sweet-smelling pink, white, or red flowers.
pinkie /p I ŋki/ (pinkies ) also pinky N‑COUNT Your pinkie is the smallest finger on your hand. [INFORMAL ] □ He pushes his glasses up his nose with his pinkie.
pinko /p I ŋkoʊ/ (pinkos or pinkoes ) N‑COUNT If you call someone a pinko , you mean that they have left-wing views. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ]
pinky /p I ŋki/ → see pinkie
pi n mon|ey N‑UNCOUNT Pin money is small amounts of extra money that someone earns or gets in order to buy things that they want but that they do not really need. [INFORMAL ] □ She'd do anything for a bit of pin money.
pin|na|cle /p I n I kəl/ (pinnacles )
1 N‑COUNT A pinnacle is a pointed piece of stone or rock that is high above the ground. □ A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.
2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If someone reaches the pinnacle of their career or the pinnacle of a particular area of life, they are at the highest point of it. □ [+ of ] She was still a screen goddess at the pinnacle of her career.
pin|ny /p I ni/ (pinnies ) N‑COUNT A pinny is an apron . [BRIT , INFORMAL ]
pin|point /p I npɔ I nt/ (pinpoints , pinpointing , pinpointed )
1 VERB If you pinpoint the cause of something, you discover or explain the cause exactly. □ [V n] It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death. □ [V wh] …if you can pinpoint exactly what the anger is about. □ [V n + as ] The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic problem threatening village life.
2 VERB If you pinpoint something or its position, you discover or show exactly where it is. □ [V n] I could pinpoint his precise location on a map. □ [V wh] Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from.
3 ADJ [ADJ n] If something is placed with pinpoint accuracy, it is placed in exactly the right place or position. □ …the pinpoint accuracy of the bombing campaigns.
pin|prick /p I npr I k/ (pinpricks ) also pin-prick , pin prick N‑COUNT A very small spot of something can be described as a pinprick . □ [+ of ] …a pinprick of light.
pi ns and nee |dles N‑UNCOUNT If you have pins and needles in part of your body, you feel small sharp pains there for a short period of time. It usually happens when that part of your body has been in an uncomfortable position. □ [+ in ] I had pins and needles in the tips of my fingers.
pin|stripe /p I nstra I p/ (pinstripes ) also pin-stripe N‑COUNT [usu N n] Pinstripes are very narrow vertical stripes found on certain types of clothing. Businessmen's suits often have pinstripes. □ He wore an expensive, dark-blue pinstripe suit.
pin|striped /p I nstra I pt/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A pinstriped suit is made of cloth that has very narrow vertical stripes.
pint /pa I nt/ (pints )
1 N‑COUNT A pint is a unit of measurement for liquids. In Britain, it is equal to 568 cubic centimetres or one eighth of an imperial gallon. In America, it is equal to 473 cubic centimetres or one eighth of an American gallon. □ [+ of ] …a pint of milk. □ [+ of ] The military requested 6,000 pints of blood from the American Red Cross.
2 N‑COUNT If you go for a pint , you go to the pub to drink a pint of beer or more. [BRIT ]
pi nt-sized ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe someone or something as pint-sized , you think they are smaller than is normal or smaller than they should be. [INFORMAL ] □ Two pint-sized kids emerged from a doorway.
pi n-up (pin-ups ) also pinup N‑COUNT A pin-up is an attractive man or woman who appears on posters, often wearing very few clothes. □ …pin-up boys.
pio|neer /pa I ən I ə r / (pioneers , pioneering , pioneered )
1 N‑COUNT [N n] Someone who is referred to as a pioneer in a particular area of activity is one of the first people to be involved in it and develop it. □ [+ of/in ] …one of the leading pioneers of British photo journalism.
2 VERB Someone who pioneers a new activity, invention, or process is one of the first people to do it. □ [V n] …Professor Alec Jeffreys, who invented and pioneered DNA tests. □ [V -ed] …the folk-tale writing style pioneered by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. [Also V ]
3 N‑COUNT Pioneers are people who leave their own country or the place where they were living, and go and live in a place that has not been lived in before. □ …abandoned settlements of early European pioneers.