Pin
WordNet
noun
(1) A club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
(2) A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
(3) A small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
(4) A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
(5) Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
(6) Cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
(7) Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
(8) Informal terms of the leg
"Fever left him weak on his sticks"
(9) A number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts
(10) Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
(11) When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
verb
(12) Immobilize a piece
(13) To hold fast or prevent from moving
"The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
(14) Attach or fasten with pins
(15) Pierce with a pin
"Pin down the butterfly"
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Etymology
Old English pinn, from Germanic *penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna ‘feather, wing’. Cognate with Danish , Dutch pin, German , late Old Norse , Norwegian pinn ‘knitting-needle’.
Noun
- A small device, made (usually) of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
- I'm not so good on my pins these days
- Any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector.
- The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity is has three pins.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
- A scenario in which the movement of a lesser piece that is under attack and moves away would reveal a more valuable piece.
- The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- The shot landed right on the pin.
Verb
- (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.