PINKY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pinky mean? 

• PINKY (noun)
  The noun PINKY has 1 sense:

1. the finger farthest from the thumb

  Familiarity information: PINKY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINKY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The finger farthest from the thumb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

little finger; pinkie; pinky

Hypernyms ("pinky" 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 "pinky"):

musculus abductor digiti minimi manus (the abductor muscle of the little finger)

 Context examples 

Then, they inserted the wire — which is as long as a pinky finger and as thick as a paper clip — into a vein near the pig's ear, according to the study. (This vein in pigs is similar to the veins in a human's arm.) When the magnetized tumor cells floated past the wire, they stuck to it.

(Magnetic Wires May Soon Be Used in Your Veins to Detect Cancer Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)