to pink
- verb
- /pɪŋk/
- Specialized
- It's important to tune the engine properly so it doesn't pink under load.
Examples
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If you use the wrong fuel, your car might pink when you accelerate.
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After adjusting the timing, the engine no longer pinked on uphill climbs.
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The engine started to pink during the drive.
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My car began to pink after the last service.
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After adjusting the timing, the engine no longer pinked on uphill climbs.
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If you use the wrong fuel, your car might pink when you accelerate.
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It's important to tune the engine properly so it doesn't pink under load.
Synonyms
To make a sharp metal sound in an engine when the fuel burns too early
To make a metallic knocking sound in an engine when fuel burns too early
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small garden plant with a strong sweet smell and pink or rosy flowers
- US
A small wildflower with bright red notched petals that grows each year in eastern North America
- UK
A plant from Europe with pink or white flowers whose leaves make soap when crushed
- US
A garden plant with bright red or white flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies
- US
A small plant with pink flowers that grows on rocky slopes in the western United States
- Specialized
A small caterpillar that eats seeds inside cotton bolls and damages cotton plants
- Indian
A serious fungus that forms a pink cover on the bark of coffee or citrus trees
- Australian
A fungus that causes pink disease in plants like citrus, coffee, and rubber trees
A low plant with clusters of deep pink or white flowers that grows on sandy areas near the sea
A tree from warm places with upright groups of pink flowers grown for decoration
- Specialized
Dirty water from meat or chicken factories that is pink and needs treatment
- Australian
A small bush from southwest Australia with scented leaves and pink flowers followed by five-sided fruit
- Australian
A plant with bright pink, papery flowers like small daisies often used dried for decoration
- Australian
A plant with bright pink and white daisy-like flowers that keep their colour when dried
- Specialized
A low plant with pink or purple flowers that grows on coasts and rocky hills
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pink: The engine verb pink comes from the short, sharp sound like 'ping' or 'pink' that a car engine makes when the fuel burns too early and causes a knock. So when an engine pinks, it is making that knocking noise and needs adjustment.