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 

• PINKIE (noun)

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.

(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)