"pinky promise" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pinky promises [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pinky promise (plural pinky promises)
  1. (informal) A promise made by entwining one's pinky finger with another person's. Tags: informal Synonyms: pinky swear Translations (promise made by entwining pinky fingers): 拉鉤 (Chinese Mandarin), 拉钩 (lāgōu) (Chinese Mandarin), pikkurillivala (Finnish), 指切り (yubikiri) (Japanese), 指切りげんまん (yubikiri genman) (Japanese), obietnica na mały paluszek [feminine] (Polish), клятвенное обещание (kljatvennoje obeščanije) (Russian), tumma [verb] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pinky_promise-en-noun-lZevrUQS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 9

Verb

Forms: pinky promises [present, singular, third-person], pinky promising [participle, present], pinky promised [participle, past], pinky promised [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} pinky promise (third-person singular simple present pinky promises, present participle pinky promising, simple past and past participle pinky promised)
  1. To make such a promise.
    Sense id: en-pinky_promise-en-verb-Jb-WKptk

Inflected forms

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