pink
verb/pɪŋk/
/pɪŋk/
(British English) (North American English ping)
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pink | /pɪŋk/ /pɪŋk/ |
| he / she / it pinks | /pɪŋks/ /pɪŋks/ |
| past simple pinked | /pɪŋkt/ /pɪŋkt/ |
| past participle pinked | /pɪŋkt/ /pɪŋkt/ |
| -ing form pinking | /ˈpɪŋkɪŋ/ /ˈpɪŋkɪŋ/ |
- (of a car engine) to make knocking sounds because the fuel is not burning correctlyWord Originverb early 20th cent.: imitative.
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