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# pinky

«pinky» in Mova's school dictionary: **The smallest finger on your hand; the little finger** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pinky, pinkies); adjective (pinky — pinkish)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The smallest finger on your hand; the little finger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinky/#m1)

2) (adjective, UK) Slightly pink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinky/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children make a «pinky promise» or «pinky swear» by linking little fingers, a special promise you must keep. Mostly used in the USA, Canada, Scotland and Australia; in England people often say «little finger». Phrases: «pinky promise», «pinky swear».

### examples

- My pinky is my smallest finger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinky/#x1)
- We made a pinky promise to keep the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinky/#x2)
- I hurt my pinky in the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinky/#x3)
- The baby held my pinky tightly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinky/#x4)
- Her cheeks went pinky in the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinky/#x5)
- You must keep a pinky promise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinky/#x6)

### note

Also spelled «pinkie». Plural: pinkies. A pinky promise is about good secrets only; bad secrets that make you unsafe should be told to a trusted adult.

### In the corpora

- [A pinky promise is still a promise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/199-promises/2/)
- [A pinky promise is still a promise, and people remember broken ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/199-promises/13/)
- [A «pinky promise» is a children's promise made by hooking little fingers together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/476-the-secret-that-got-told/37/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pinky» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pinky/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.