noun:

1. A stab.
2. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
3. A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
4. An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
5. Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
6. The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
7. One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
8. Alternative form of pinko.
9. The vagina or vulva.
10. A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
11. A narrow boat.
12. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
13. An operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
14. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.

verb:

1. To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
2. To choose; to cull; to pick out.
3. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
4. Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
5. Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
6. To wink; to blink.
7. To turn (something) pink.
8. To prick with a sword.
9. To become pink in color, to redden.
10. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

adjective:

1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
2. Half-shut; winking.
3. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
4. Relating to women or girls.
5. By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
6. Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
7. Having conjunctivitis.

name:

1. A surname​.