Pinkyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɪŋki/
• 韻: -ɪŋki
• Homophone: pinkie

語源 1

From pink +‎ -y.

形容詞

pinky (comparative pinkier, superlative pinkiest)

1. Pinkish.
   • 1871, Edward Lear, The Jumblies:

     In a pinky paper all folded neat,
     And they fastened it down with a pin.

派生語

名詞

pinky (countable and uncountable, plural pinkies)

1. (uncountable, historical, slang, Australia) Methylated spirits mixed with red wine or Condy's crystals.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 262:

     “Here,” Nigel greeted him, “do try a spot of ‘pinky,’ it's ever so much fun, really.”

2. A baby mouse, especially when used as food for a snake, etc.
3. (offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A white person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:white person

4. (Australia, informal) The Australasian snapper or pink snapper (Chrysophrys auratus).
   • 2001 May 3, Lindsay Vincent, “Re: snapper fishing in Victoria”, in aus.sport.fishing‎ (Usenet):

     You may get some pinkies around the Black Rock area, but the snapper *run* is normally from late October to mid January, although it sounds like the odd adult fish is still lurking..

5. (historical) A kind of fishing schooner of New England.

語源 2

From Dutch pinkje, diminutive of Dutch pink (“little finger”). Cognate with West Frisian pinke (“pinky”), dialectal English pink (“something small or tiny”), and perhaps to 古期英語 pinca (“a point”). Compare also German Low German Pink (“penis”), English pintle (“penis”).

名詞

pinky (plural pinkies)

1. (US, Canada, Scotland, Australia, informal) The smallest finger or toe of a hand or foot.
   • 2003, Billoo Badhshah, The Unofficial Joke Book of Australia, page 126:

     Everyday as he passes them, the hookers wave at him with their pinkies and say, “Hi there, little boy!”

別の表記

• pinkie

同意語

• (smallest finger or toe): little finger, pinky finger, pinky toe, little piggy, digit V, fifth digit

派生語

• pinky break, pinky cheater, pinky ring, pinky swear/pinky-swear, pinky promise/pinky-promise

語源 3

From pink +‎ -y, from pink (“to wink”).

形容詞

pinky (comparative pinkier, superlative pinkiest)

1. winking

参考

• pinky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• stinky pinky