"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 /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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 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. (informal) To make such a promise. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-pinky_promise-en-verb-Jb-WKptk

Inflected forms

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