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fake | pink |

As nouns the difference between fake and pink

is that fake is something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently or fake can be (nautical) one of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil while pink is (slang|derogatory|dated) an operative of the (pinkerton national detective agency).

As an adjective fake

is not real; false, fraudulent.

As a verb fake

is to cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob or fake can be (nautical) to coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.

As a proper noun pink is

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fake

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia fake) The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Not real; false, fraudulent.
  • Which fur coat looks fake ?
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Antonyms
    * genuine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
  • A trick; a swindle.
  • (soccer) Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent.
  • Synonyms
    * (soccer move) feint, (ice hokey move) deke

    Verb

    (fak)
  • To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
  • To make; to construct; to do. (rfexample)
  • To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.
  • To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
  • To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
  • Synonyms
    * (To modify fraudulently) adulterate * (To make a false display) pass off, pose
    Derived terms
    * fake out * faker

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), to coil a rope .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
  • Verb

    (fak)
  • (nautical) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
  • pink

    English

    (wikipedia pink)

    Etymology 1

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (regional) The common minnow,
  • (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar , before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) pincke.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Etymology 3

    Probably from Low Dutch or Low German; compare Low German pinken ‘hit, peck’.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
  • To prick with a sword.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 642:
  • ‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’
  • To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
  • To choose; to cull; to pick out.
  • (Herbert)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stab.
  • (Grose)

    Etymology 4

    Origin unknown; perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked (Etymology 3, above).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus , sometimes called carnations.
  • This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks .
  • (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment (of) some quality.
  • Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.
  • * Shakespeare
  • the very pink of courtesy
  • The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
  • My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink .
  • Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
  • *1928 , (Siegfried Sassoon), Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man , Penguin 2013, p. 23:
  • *:I had taken it for granted that there would be people ‘in pink ’, but these enormous confident strangers overwhelmed me with the visible authenticity of their brick-red coats.
  • * 1986 , Michael J O'Shea, James Joyce and Heraldry , SUNY, page 69:
  • it is interesting to note the curious legend that the pink of the hunting field is not due to any optical advantage but to an entirely different reason.
  • (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
  • Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink .
  • (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt'', ''bourgeoisie .
  • See also

    *

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
  • Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
  • Having conjunctivitis.
  • (obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
  • * 1976 : Bhalchandra Pundlik Adarkar, The Future of the Constitution: A Critical Analysis
  • The word "socialist" has so many connotations that it can cover almost anything from pink liberalism to red-red communism.
  • (informal) Relating to women or girls.
  • pink-collar; pink job
  • (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
  • the pink economy
    pink dollar; pink pound
    Derived terms
    * clove pink * fire pink * hunting pink * in the pink * moss pink * parlor pink, parlour pink * pink bits * pink-collar * pink dollar * pink elephants * pink gin * pinkification * pink lady * pink pound * pink salmon * pink slip * pink snapper * pinkie * pinking shears * pinko * pink of health * pinky * salmon pink * sea pink * shell pink * shocking pink * strike me pink * swamp pink * tickle pink * wild pink

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
  • Etymology 5

    Onomatopoeic

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
  • Etymology 6

    (etyl) pinken.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To wink; to blink.
  • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
  • (Shakespeare)
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