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pinked

verb

past tense of pink
as in stabbed
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object accidentally pinked my shoulder with his fencing sword

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinked
  1. stabbed
  2. pierced
  3. punctured
  4. picked
  5. jabbed
  6. stuck
  7. pecked
Verb
  • Prosecutors said Anthony provoked the confrontation that ended with Metcalf being fatally stabbed in the chest.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Records show Singh had called emergency services and said he’d been stabbed multiple times.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of stabbed
Verb
  • In 1998, while a student at Gordonstoun, Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall (née Phillips), shocked the nation by getting her tongue pierced at a tattoo parlour in Moray, Scotland.
    — Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The anticipation builds until the silence is pierced by the curling cry of the ancient instrument.
    — Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of pierced
Verb
  • As anxiety punctured the tranquility of the suburb, questions bubbled up on everything from the community’s water and pesticide use to abandoned oil wells underneath.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • For especially delicate foods, make sure the toothpicks are secure and don’t touch anything that could be punctured or contaminated.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of punctured
Verb
  • The Producers Lab has picked 10 up-and-coming local producers, drawn from Jakarta, West Sumatra, West Java, Central Java and Kalimantan.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The people who seemed most settled weren’t the ones who’d picked a lane early.
    — Aditi Khullar, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of picked
Verb
  • Workers have been increasingly jabbed while on the job as needle-style medications — more specifically GLP-1s — have risen in popularity.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu jabbed back against the prevailing narrative yesterday, saying she was never invited to participate in the WNBA’s 3-point contest this weekend.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of jabbed
Verb
  • Now my guy is stuck in an insane asylum with a doctor who seems downright giddy to try out some electroshock therapy.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But the Pentagon’s internal investigation has been stuck in limbo for months.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of stuck
Verb
  • Pelicans swooped overhead and night herons, with spiky yellow feathers flying from their heads, goofily pecked the grass for insects.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
  • As Cadeau pecked his way through the blue-and-maize confetti littering the court, Justin did a quick change.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of pecked
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“Pinked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinked. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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