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词汇 pinkie
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Definition of pinkie in English:

pinkie

nounPlural pinkies ˈpɪŋkiˈpɪŋki
  • 1informal The little finger.

    〈非正式〉小指

    bring the thumb and pinkie up until they are upright
    as modifier you're skinnier than my pinky finger!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the pinkie of her right hand she wears a large yellow jade stone set in diamonds, a traditional symbol worn by rich people to protect themselves from swindles.
    • Her arms were crossed and her hands were curled in a fist, palm up, with her thumbs and pinkies sticking out.
    • Taylor continues ranting a bit longer, winding a strand of bleach-blond hair around her pinkie.
    • He'd tear apart the whole city in fury if his granddaughter gets even a little scratch on her pinkie.
    • She chewed grimly on the fingernail of her little pinkie, narrowing her eyebrows in frustration.
    • Lynn nodded and twirled her brown hair around her pinkie finger.
    • The nails on her pinkie and index finger were crushed.
    • He's got a lived-in face and a diamond on his pinkie the size of the Ritz.
    • She pushed her sunglasses up on her short hair, licked her pinkie, and rubbed her viewing lens.
    • Scraping those last lipstick remnants out the tube with your pinkie is one way to stretch your lip color.
    • Roy smiles, and points his left hand at me, the pinkie and ring finger extended and others curled in.
    • Kath held out her pinkie and Chloe hooked fingers with her.
    • You watch a movie from 10 years ago, and people have cell phones the size of their heads, while now they're the size of their pinkies.
    • I bet I could get my pinkie all the way in to the first knuckle.
    • On a normal keyboard, the resting position for my left hand has my pinkie and ring finger touching the side of the keyboard.
    • He sticks his pinkie fingers in his mouth and whistles.
    • The man across the table wearing a fur coat and had very long nails on his pinkies.
    • The two little girls locked pinkies, looked at each other, kissed their fist, spit on the ground, and kicked sand over it.
    • All of his fingernails are short and dirty, except for the nail on his right pinkie, which is clean and long.
    • Gill had surgery on a broken pinkie on his left, non-shooting hand.
    Synonyms
    digit
  • 2US derogatory, informal A term used by black people for a white person.

    〈贬〉白人(黑人用语)

  • 3The maggot of the greenbottle fly, used as fishing bait.

    蛆,叉叶绿蝇的幼虫(用作鱼饵)

  • 4Australian dated, informal mass noun Cheap or home-made wine.

    〈澳〉廉价葡萄酒;家酿葡萄酒

Origin

Early 19th century: sense 1 partly from Dutch pinkje 'the little finger', reinforced by pink1.

Rhymes

dinky, Helsinki, inky, Kinki, kinky, minke, pinky, slinky, stinky, stotinki

Definition of pinkie in US English:

pinkie

(also pinky)
nounˈpiNGkēˈpɪŋki
  • 1informal The little finger.

    〈非正式〉小指

    bring the thumb and pinkie up until they are upright
    as modifier you're skinnier than my pinky finger!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The nails on her pinkie and index finger were crushed.
    • He sticks his pinkie fingers in his mouth and whistles.
    • Gill had surgery on a broken pinkie on his left, non-shooting hand.
    • Kath held out her pinkie and Chloe hooked fingers with her.
    • On the pinkie of her right hand she wears a large yellow jade stone set in diamonds, a traditional symbol worn by rich people to protect themselves from swindles.
    • He's got a lived-in face and a diamond on his pinkie the size of the Ritz.
    • He'd tear apart the whole city in fury if his granddaughter gets even a little scratch on her pinkie.
    • Lynn nodded and twirled her brown hair around her pinkie finger.
    • On a normal keyboard, the resting position for my left hand has my pinkie and ring finger touching the side of the keyboard.
    • Her arms were crossed and her hands were curled in a fist, palm up, with her thumbs and pinkies sticking out.
    • The two little girls locked pinkies, looked at each other, kissed their fist, spit on the ground, and kicked sand over it.
    • All of his fingernails are short and dirty, except for the nail on his right pinkie, which is clean and long.
    • The man across the table wearing a fur coat and had very long nails on his pinkies.
    • She pushed her sunglasses up on her short hair, licked her pinkie, and rubbed her viewing lens.
    • Scraping those last lipstick remnants out the tube with your pinkie is one way to stretch your lip color.
    • She chewed grimly on the fingernail of her little pinkie, narrowing her eyebrows in frustration.
    • Taylor continues ranting a bit longer, winding a strand of bleach-blond hair around her pinkie.
    • I bet I could get my pinkie all the way in to the first knuckle.
    • You watch a movie from 10 years ago, and people have cell phones the size of their heads, while now they're the size of their pinkies.
    • Roy smiles, and points his left hand at me, the pinkie and ring finger extended and others curled in.
    Synonyms
    digit
  • 2US derogatory, informal A contemptuous term for a white person.

  • 3The maggot of the greenbottle fly, used as fishing bait.

    蛆,叉叶绿蝇的幼虫(用作鱼饵)

  • 4Australian dated, informal Cheap or homemade wine.

    〈澳〉廉价葡萄酒;家酿葡萄酒

Origin

Early 19th century: pinkie (sense 1) partly from Dutch pinkje ‘the little finger’, reinforced by pink.

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