pinkie

1 of 2

noun (1)

pin·​kie ˈpiŋ-kē How to pronounce pinkie (audio)

pinkie

2 of 2

noun (2)

variants or pinky
plural pinkies

Examples of pinkie in a Sentence

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Noun
At the same time, the Red Sox have been in dire need of catching help even before regular starter Connor Wong went down with a fractured pinkie finger his glove hand on Monday. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025 Adding a catcher With Connor Wong out for the foreseeable future with a broken pinkie finger, the Red Sox are in agreement on a minor-league deal with catcher Yasmani Grandal, according to Robert Murray of FanSided. Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 Pierce Brosnan’s first day as James Bond in 1995’s GoldenEye got off to a difficult start thanks to the actor’s uncooperative pinkie finger. John Russell, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025 Then, after an agonizing review, involving super-slow-motion replays and the analysis of multiple camera angles, the refs determined, more than two minutes later, that the ball had brushed a Tech player’s pinkie on the way out. Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pinkie

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

probably from Dutch pinkje small pink, diminutive of pink, from Middle Dutch pinke

Noun (2)

probably from Dutch pinkje, diminutive of pink little finger

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1840, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

circa 1808, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pinkie was circa 1808

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“Pinkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinkie. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

pinkie

noun
pin·​kie
variants or pinky
ˈpiŋ-kē
plural pinkies
Etymology

Noun

probably from Dutch pinkje "little finger"

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