Pinky
noun
The smallest finger of the human hand.
He hurt his pinky while playing basketball.
noun
A promise made by interlocking the pinky fingers of two people.
The two friends made a pinky promise to always stay in touch.
Often appears as...
- make a pinky promise
- break a pinky promise
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Colloquial
adjective
Of a pale pink color.
She painted her room in a soft pinky color.
noun
A small or thin person or thing.
He always called his younger sister 'pinky' because of her petite size.
Usage tips
Affectionate
noun
The smallest finger of the human hand.
He hurt his pinky while playing basketball.
noun
A promise made by interlocking the pinky fingers of two people.
The two friends made a pinky promise to always stay in touch.
Often appears as...
- make a pinky promise
- break a pinky promise
Usage tips
Colloquial
adjective
Of a pale pink color.
She painted her room in a soft pinky color.
noun
A small or thin person or thing.
He always called his younger sister 'pinky' because of her petite size.
Usage tips
Affectionate
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Pro Tip 1/2Common Injury
The pinky is often injured due to its outward position. Take care to notice this context.
After catching the football, I realized I sprained my pinky.
Pro Tip 2/2Size Reference
Sometimes used to describe other small things by comparison, not just fingers.
Look at that pinky-sized kitten; it's so tiny!
Pro Tip 1/2Common Injury
The pinky is often injured due to its outward position. Take care to notice this context.
After catching the football, I realized I sprained my pinky.
Pro Tip 2/2Size Reference
Sometimes used to describe other small things by comparison, not just fingers.
Look at that pinky-sized kitten; it's so tiny!
Pro Tip 1/2Common Injury
The pinky is often injured due to its outward position. Take care to notice this context.
After catching the football, I realized I sprained my pinky.
Pro Tip 2/2Size Reference
Sometimes used to describe other small things by comparison, not just fingers.
Look at that pinky-sized kitten; it's so tiny!
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Newborn Otter Cubs PIPE...
society it's only the dominant female in this case pinky who produces a litter and with almost ceremonial style each baby is religiously dumped in the water by the adults it's a harsh initiation to their water world but it's critical that they're made familiar with it quickly it
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Elevator of Shame PIPE...
pinky Carr ordered a woman who drove on a sidewalk to avoid a school bus to sit in a Cleveland intersection during rush hour wearing a sign telling everybody what she had done another woman as punishment for abandoning 35 kittens in a public park was ordered by a different
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The Strange Tail of...
it before and i thought you know i'm not sure what exactly this is but this is maybe something important and it looks as if all these bones were found you know together in pictures it looks like a leaf or a pointy oval it's about the length of a human pinky
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Why we choke under...
that front part of our brain that sits over our eyes and usually helps us focus in positive ways. It often gets hooked on the wrong things. So how do we unhook it? Something as simple as singing a song, or paying attention to one's pinky toe,
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See an Apocalyptic World...
then as like a little washer to make it look like a pinky very resourceful we try to keep everything as as real as possible I messed up on the on the flat files because mine actually has five and I only made four I don't know why cuz
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How heavy is air? - Dan...
So why don't we notice it most of the time? We commonly think of air as empty space. But while one cubic centimeter of interstellar space, the volume in the tip of your pinky finger, contains roughly one atom,
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Harnessing the Power of...
built the world's biggest laser so this facility is the size of three football fields it's filled with lasers and we concentrate all those lasers into a tiny target you know about the size of tip of your pinky
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
white everybody helped me out there if you don't mind no guess is it okay so maybe a mid or what although it doesn't have the same orange to it pinky Urich an African common white it
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Top 5 Best Animal...
exile is going to be tough however brutal this seems pinky is prepared to go much further to protect her unborn pups if she needs to
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How DARPA is creating...
mechanical fingers here index pinky middle index the middle and that's the first time
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Newborn Otter Cubs PIPE...
society it's only the dominant female in this case pinky who produces a litter and with almost ceremonial style each baby is religiously dumped in the water by the adults it's a harsh initiation to their water world but it's critical that they're made familiar with it quickly it
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Elevator of Shame PIPE...
pinky Carr ordered a woman who drove on a sidewalk to avoid a school bus to sit in a Cleveland intersection during rush hour wearing a sign telling everybody what she had done another woman as punishment for abandoning 35 kittens in a public park was ordered by a different
Video examples
The Strange Tail of...
it before and i thought you know i'm not sure what exactly this is but this is maybe something important and it looks as if all these bones were found you know together in pictures it looks like a leaf or a pointy oval it's about the length of a human pinky
Video examples
Why we choke under...
that front part of our brain that sits over our eyes and usually helps us focus in positive ways. It often gets hooked on the wrong things. So how do we unhook it? Something as simple as singing a song, or paying attention to one's pinky toe,
Video examples
See an Apocalyptic World...
then as like a little washer to make it look like a pinky very resourceful we try to keep everything as as real as possible I messed up on the on the flat files because mine actually has five and I only made four I don't know why cuz
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How heavy is air? - Dan...
So why don't we notice it most of the time? We commonly think of air as empty space. But while one cubic centimeter of interstellar space, the volume in the tip of your pinky finger, contains roughly one atom,
Video examples
Harnessing the Power of...
built the world's biggest laser so this facility is the size of three football fields it's filled with lasers and we concentrate all those lasers into a tiny target you know about the size of tip of your pinky
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Safari Live - Day 320 PIPE...
white everybody helped me out there if you don't mind no guess is it okay so maybe a mid or what although it doesn't have the same orange to it pinky Urich an African common white it
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Top 5 Best Animal...
exile is going to be tough however brutal this seems pinky is prepared to go much further to protect her unborn pups if she needs to
Video examples
How DARPA is creating...
mechanical fingers here index pinky middle index the middle and that's the first time
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Quote examples
Margarita Simonyan
Russian Editor
America had Russia wrapped around it little pinky through the whole '90s. We did everything you told us. And we were eager to do more and more. The whole nation - Russian nation was like, 'Tell us what else we can do to please you. We want to be like you. We love you.' And then in 1999, bam. You bomb Yugoslavia. And that was the end of it.
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Julia Restoin Roitfeld
French Model
When I was first pregnant, I Googled a maternity website, and there was nothing that spoke to a girl with my lifestyle who had kids - everything was very boring and very pinky. I wanted to create a platform for all those amazing, beautiful, sexy, hands-on mummies and for them to share their lifestyles, their beauty tips.
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Jim Parsons
American Actor
One of the things I'm always reminded of when I'm back on stage is how much you have to be aware of and in control of. There is no tight shot. There is no 'we're only shoulders-up this time.' No, from the top of your head to your pinky toe, you're telegraphing part of the story the entire time you're up there.
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Daniel Jacobs
American Boxer
I had such severe nerve damage that I didn't get the nerves all the way back. My pinky toe on my left foot is still numb, and I feel it when I'm in bed at night or when I'm by myself. That pins-and-needles feeling reminds me that life is precious, and don't take for granted what you have.
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Dierks Bentley
American Musician
My guitar, it was new when I got it, but it has a hole like Willie's where it's just worn out from my pinky going back and forth over the wood over all these years. I got Willie Nelson to sign that spot on my guitar. I'm a huge fan of him.
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Scott Adams
American Cartoonist
I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words for it are focal dystonia. The symptom in my case was a pinky finger that went spastic when I tried to draw.
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Jeff Jarrett
American Wrestler
People that don't know Owen Hart or just know his passing... what a great guy above anything - a family man, father, husband - but he had more integrity in his pinky than most people had in their entire body.
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Camille Rowe
French Model
The best lip product in the world is something I'm scared is out of production. It's YSL's Kiss-and-Blush in this really muted pinky brown.
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Bobbi Brown
American Businesswoman
Every season has its lipstick trend, and just because your perfect color is a pinky beige, that doesn't mean you can't wear deep burgundy.
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Ben Askren
American Athlete
I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC.
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Margarita Simonyan
Russian Editor
America had Russia wrapped around it little pinky through the whole '90s. We did everything you told us. And we were eager to do more and more. The whole nation - Russian nation was like, 'Tell us what else we can do to please you. We want to be like you. We love you.' And then in 1999, bam. You bomb Yugoslavia. And that was the end of it.
Quote examples
Julia Restoin Roitfeld
French Model
When I was first pregnant, I Googled a maternity website, and there was nothing that spoke to a girl with my lifestyle who had kids - everything was very boring and very pinky. I wanted to create a platform for all those amazing, beautiful, sexy, hands-on mummies and for them to share their lifestyles, their beauty tips.
Quote examples
Jim Parsons
American Actor
One of the things I'm always reminded of when I'm back on stage is how much you have to be aware of and in control of. There is no tight shot. There is no 'we're only shoulders-up this time.' No, from the top of your head to your pinky toe, you're telegraphing part of the story the entire time you're up there.
Quote examples
Daniel Jacobs
American Boxer
I had such severe nerve damage that I didn't get the nerves all the way back. My pinky toe on my left foot is still numb, and I feel it when I'm in bed at night or when I'm by myself. That pins-and-needles feeling reminds me that life is precious, and don't take for granted what you have.
Quote examples
Dierks Bentley
American Musician
My guitar, it was new when I got it, but it has a hole like Willie's where it's just worn out from my pinky going back and forth over the wood over all these years. I got Willie Nelson to sign that spot on my guitar. I'm a huge fan of him.
Quote examples
Scott Adams
American Cartoonist
I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words for it are focal dystonia. The symptom in my case was a pinky finger that went spastic when I tried to draw.
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Jeff Jarrett
American Wrestler
People that don't know Owen Hart or just know his passing... what a great guy above anything - a family man, father, husband - but he had more integrity in his pinky than most people had in their entire body.
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Camille Rowe
French Model
The best lip product in the world is something I'm scared is out of production. It's YSL's Kiss-and-Blush in this really muted pinky brown.
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Bobbi Brown
American Businesswoman
Every season has its lipstick trend, and just because your perfect color is a pinky beige, that doesn't mean you can't wear deep burgundy.
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Ben Askren
American Athlete
I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC.
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