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PINKIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pinkie mean?
• PINKIE (noun)
The noun PINKIE has 1 sense:
1. the finger farthest from the thumb
Familiarity information: PINKIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The finger farthest from the thumb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
little finger; pinkie; pinky
Hypernyms ("pinkie" is a kind of...):
minimus (the fifth digit; the little finger or little toe)
finger (any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb))
Meronyms (parts of "pinkie"):
musculus abductor digiti minimi manus (the abductor muscle of the little finger)
Context examples
Smaller than a pinkie nail, the device is about 1/8 inch by 1/8 inch, half as thick as a dime and metallically shiny.
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