pink

IPA(Pronunciation)

/pɪŋk/

Verb

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.

Japanese Meaning

布地に穴をあけたり房状に縁取りを施したりして装飾する / 剣で軽く刺す、突く / 皮肉や批判、嘲弄によって傷つける

What is this buttons?

She decided to pink the hem of her vintage dress to give it a delicate scalloped edge.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女はヴィンテージドレスの裾をギザギザに仕上げて、繊細なスカラップの縁取りにすることにした。

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Sense（1）

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

Sense（2）

To prick with a sword.

‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’

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Sense（3）

To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

The stooge suddenly lost his smile and Jubal thought gleefully that he had at last pinked him.

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pinks

（ present singular third-person ）

pinking

（ participle present ）

pinked

（ participle past ）

pinked

（ past ）

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