pinkie1

[ping-kee] /ˈpɪŋ ki/
noun, Informal.
1.
the little finger.
Also, pinky.
Origin
1585-95; < Dutch pinkie, dialectal variant of pinkje, diminutive of pink little finger

pinkie2

[ping-kee] /ˈpɪŋ ki/
noun, Australian Informal.
1.
inferior or cheap wine, especially red wine.
Origin
1895-1900; pink1 + -ie
Examples from the web for pinkie
  • The tips of his pinkie fingers are conspicuously missing.
  • Take the hunk of gold wrapped around his right pinkie.
  • He put his pinkie in the hole and observed that a flap of canvas had been pushed back.
  • Her hand, except for the tips of the pinkie and index fingers, looked better.
  • Only as long as your pinkie, these ferocious featherweights can eat three times their weight daily.
  • These rarely seen creatures range in size from tiny darters smaller than your pinkie to white sturgeons big as a park bench.
British Dictionary definitions for pinkie

pinkie

/ˈpɪŋkɪ/
noun (pl) -ies
1.
(Scot & US, Canadian) the little finger
Word Origin
C19: from Dutch pinkje, diminutive of pink1; compare pinkeye
Word Origin and History for pinkie
n.

"the little finger," 1808, in Scottish, from Dutch pinkje, diminutive of pink "little finger," of uncertain origin.

pinkie in Medicine

pinkie pink·ie or pink·y (pĭng'kē)
n.
The little finger.

Slang definitions & phrases for pinkie

Pinkerton

noun

An operative or agent of the Pinkerton detective agency: how you suppose Pinkies get trainin' (1850+)


pinky

modifier

: pinky ring

noun

The little finger: Pardon my lifted pinky (1860+)

Related Terms

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[fr an earlier adjective sense, ''small, tiny'']