pinkie

¹ American  

[ping-kee] / ˈpɪŋ ki /

Or pinky

noun

Informal.

1. the little finger.

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pinkie ² American  

[ping-kee] / ˈpɪŋ ki /

noun

Australian Informal.

1. inferior or cheap wine, especially red wine.

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pinkie British  

/ ˈpɪŋkɪ /

noun

1. the little finger

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Etymology

Origin of pinkie¹

1585–95; < Dutch pinkie, dialectal variant of pinkje, diminutive of pink little finger

Origin of pinkie²

First recorded in 1895–1900; pink ¹ + -ie

Example Sentences

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pinkie

The skin on both heels and a patch below my right pinkie had worn away, leaving behind angry pink abrasions.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

When you’re on stage, even on your best days, you always have even a pinkie in the audience’s experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Now, many hitters hold the bat with their bottom hand completely wrapped around the knob, sometimes with their pinkie off the bat entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

"I remember just seeing his little hand; his pinkie ring finger and middle finger," she says.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2025

With tiny strokes of her pinkie finger, she traced the letters in the grime of the windowpane, mouthing the sounds as she wrote.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee