Meanings
present singular third person pinky promises · participle present pinky promising · participle past pinky promised · past pinky promised · alternative pinkie promise · alternative pinkie-promise · alternative pinky-promise
- ambitransitiveditransitiveinformalTo make such a promise to (someone) of (something).
He pinky promised me a chocolate bar.
2 more examples
Most awkward moment? When I made him pinky promise to say nice things about me in his review.
2024 August 31, “Blind date: ‘I made him pinky promise to say nice things about me’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN“We’ve always been big on ‘pinky promises,’ and when I first got diagnosed, she pinky promised me that I would never have to go through it alone,” [Regan] Brown said.
2018 December 27, Jeremy Rutherford, “A perfect match: How a bone-marrow donation by a Blues fan saved the life of an Alabama teen”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2024Synonyms: pinky swear
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA promise made by entwining one's pinky finger with another person's.
verbTo make such a promise to (someone) of (something).
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 拉鉤 /拉钩
- 拉鉤 /拉钩 (lāgōu)promise made by entwining pinky fingers
Finnish pikkurillivala
- pikkurillivalapromise made by entwining pinky fingers
Japanese 指切り, 指切りげんまん
- 指切り (yubikiri)promise made by entwining pinky fingers
- 指切りげんまん (yubikiri genman)promise made by entwining pinky fingers
Polish obietnica na mały paluszek
- obietnica na mały paluszekpromise made by entwining pinky fingers
Portuguese promessa de dedinho
- promessa de dedinhopromise made by entwining pinky fingers
Russian клятвенное обещание
- клятвенное обещание (kljatvennoje obeščanije)promise made by entwining pinky fingers
Spanish promesa de meñiques, prometer cruzando / enlazando los meñiques
- promesa de meñiquespromise made by entwining pinky fingers
- prometer cruzando / enlazando los meñiquespromise with the pinky fingers entwined
Swedish tumma
- tummapromise made by entwining pinky fingers
Cite this entry
pinky promise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinky%20promise
“pinky promise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinky%20promise. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinky promise,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinky%20promise.
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