pinkie

¹

or pink·y

[ ping-kee ]

noun

, Informal.

1. the little finger.

pinkie

²

[ ping-kee ]

noun

, Australian Informal.

1. inferior or cheap wine, especially red wine.

pinkie

/ ˈpɪŋkɪ /

noun

1. the little finger

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinkie¹

1585–95; < Dutch pinkie, dialectal variant of pinkje, diminutive of pink little finger

Origin of pinkie²

First recorded in 1895–1900; pink ¹ + -ie

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinkie¹

C19: from Dutch pinkje, diminutive of pink ¹; compare pinkeye

Example Sentences

Members are often conspicuous, with full-body tattoos and pinkies amputated by the mob as punishment for wrongdoing.

From Washington Post

Fellow Stanford neurologist Thomas Rando reasoned that it made sense to look in the blood, that witch’s brew of biochemical whatnot that bathes the body, pinkie toe to pointer finger.

From Popular-Science

To control her Roblox character on an iPad, she used the knuckle on her left pinkie.

From Washington Post

No larger than a baby’s pinkie, it marked the troop’s first big find of the day.

From Outside Online

She dipped a pinkie into the bottle, licked it off, declared it, admiringly, “really, really hot,” and then got an odd look on her face.

From Washington Post

We would scratch the bottom of the chocolate with our thumbnails until we found a pinkie.

From The Daily Beast

As I rub my left hand, I notice a small bruise around the knuckle of my pinkie finger.

From The Daily Beast

Victor as he was at Pinkie Cleugh, Somerset was soon forced by famine to fall back from the wasted country.

From Project Gutenberg

"There's only a few of us regulars wise to this," whispered Pinkie.

From Project Gutenberg

"I got to have me bit of coke," Pinkie answered, with a shrug of his shoulders.

From Project Gutenberg

"It was about an hour ago," resumed Pinkie Bonn with undisturbed complacency.

From Project Gutenberg

Pinkie Bonn and the Pug might be as late as that; but, equally, they might be earlier!

From Project Gutenberg