pinks

1. The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
2. A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

noun

A narrow boat.

noun

A stab.

1. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.

   This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

2. A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.

   Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.

3. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.

   My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

4. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
5. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.

   Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.

6. An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
7. The vagina or vulva.

noun

A socialist who is not wholly communist.

1. Flowers in the family Caryophyllaceae, sometimes called carnations.
2. The traditional scarlet jacket(s) worn by fox-hunters in the United Kingdom.