• Award pin
  Award pin
  An award pin is a small object, usually made from metal or plastic, with a pin on the back, presented as an award of achievement or a mark of appreciation. They are worn on clothes such as jackets, shirts or hats....
  
  , a small piece of metal or plastic with a pin attached given as an award for some achievement
• lapel pin
  Lapel pin
  A lapel pin is a small pin often worn on the lapel of a dress jacket. Lapel pins can be purely ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affiliation with an organization or cause; for example, American Flag lapel pins became very popular in the United States, especially among politicians, following...
  
  , a small brooch often worn on the lapel of a dress jacket

Science and technology

• Pin, half a firkin
  Firkin
  A firkin is an old English unit of volume. The name is derived from the Middle Dutch word vierdekijn, which means fourth, i.e. a quarter of a full-size barrel.Nor need you mind the serial ordealOf being watched from forty cellar holes...
  
  , or 4.5 imperial gallons
• a lead
  Lead (electronics)
  In electronics, a lead is an electrical connection consisting of a length of wire or soldering pad that comes from a device. Leads are used for physical support, to transfer power, to probe circuits , and to transmit information...
  
  , an electric interconnection, in electrical engineering
• Bridge pin
  Bridge pin
  Bridge pins are used on some musical instruments to locate the string precisely in the horizontal plane, and in the case of harpsichords to affect the sustain of the strings. They are usually made of steel in modern pianos, of brass in harpsichords, and bone or synthetics on acoustic guitars...
  
  , a vertical wire on the bridge of keyboard instruments such as the piano and harpsichord that is used to control the string resonances

Entertainment

• Pin (film), a 1988 cult horror movie
• Pin (song)
  Pin (song)
  "Pin" is a single by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their debut album, Fever to Tell . It was released on July 22, 2003, and received critical acclaim but did not receive much mainstream attention, especially when compared with the band's next single "Maps". This single includes the B-side "Mr...
  
  , a song by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their debut album, Fever to Tell (2003)

Places

• Pin, Haute-Saône
  Pin, Haute-Saône
  Pin is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
  
  , a commune of the Haute-Saône département in France
• Pin Oak Court in Vermont South, Victoria, film location of Ramsay Street in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  Neighbours
  Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
  
  

People

• Graham 'Pin' Pinney, guitarist from the band SikTh
  SikTh
  Sikth were a progressive metal band from Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.-Early days:SikTh formed in late 1999, but consolidated their line-up in March 2001...
  
  
• Gabriele Pin
  Gabriele Pin
  Gabriele Pin , is an Italian football coach. He is currently working as Cesare Prandelli's assistant with the Italy, after working with him during the former's stint at Fiorentina....
  
  , Italian footballer

Gaming and sports

• Pin (chess)
  Pin (chess)
  In chess, a pin is a situation brought on by an attacking piece in which a defending piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece on its other side to capture by the attacking piece...
  
  , a scenario where if a lesser piece is under attack and moves away, it would reveal a more valuable piece
• Pin (amateur wrestling)
  Pin (amateur wrestling)
  A pin, or fall, is a victory condition in various forms of wrestling that is met by holding an opponent's shoulders or scapulae on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time. This article deals with the pin as it is defined in amateur wrestling.In amateur wrestling, a pin ends the match...
  
  , the primary way of winning an amateur wrestling match
• Pin (professional wrestling), a way of winning a professional wrestling match
• Pin (bridge)
  Pin (bridge)
  In bridge and similar trick-taking games, the term pin refers to the lead of a higher card from one hand to capture a singleton of lower rank in an opponent's hand.-Example:...
  
  , a maneuver to drop an opponent's lower-ranking card by leading a high one
• Bowling pin
  Bowling pin
  Bowling pins are the target of the bowling ball in various bowling games including tenpins, five-pins, duckpins, and candlepins. In the US, pin specifications for standard tenpins are set by the United States Bowling Congress. Pins are 4.75 inches wide at their widest point and tall...
  
  s, which must be knocked down by the bowling ball

See also

• PIN (disambiguation)
• Pinning (disambiguation)
• Pan (disambiguation)
• Bobby pin
  Bobby pin
  A bobby pin is a type of hairpin. In British English, it is known as a hair grip, grip, or kirby grip. It is a small pin or clip, usually of metal or plastic, used in coiffure to hold hair in place. Typical bobby pins are plain and unobtrusively colored, but some are elaborately decorated or jeweled...
  
  
• Clevis pin
  Clevis pin
  A clevis fastener is a three piece fastener system consisting of a clevis, clevis pin, and tang. The clevis is a U-shaped piece that has holes at the end of the prongs to accept the clevis pin. The clevis pin is similar to a bolt, but is only partially threaded or unthreaded with a cross-hole for a...
  
  
• Collar pin
  Collar pin
  A collar pin is a piece of men's jewelry that holds the two ends of a dress shirt collar together and passes underneath the knot of a necktie...
  
  
• Cotter pin
  Cotter pin
  A split pin, also known in U.S. usage as a cotter pin or cotter key, is a metal fastener with two tines that are bent during installation, similar to a staple or rivet. Typically made of thick wire with a half-circular cross section, split pins come in multiple sizes and types.The British...
  
  
• Hairpin
  Hairpin
  A hair pin or hairpin is a long device used to hold a person's hair in place.Hairpins made of metal, ivory, bronze, carved wood, etc. were used in ancient Assyria and Egypt for securing decorated hairstyles. Such hairpins suggest, as graves show, that many were luxury objects among the Egyptians...
  
  
• Lapel pin
  Lapel pin
  A lapel pin is a small pin often worn on the lapel of a dress jacket. Lapel pins can be purely ornamental or can indicate the wearer's affiliation with an organization or cause; for example, American Flag lapel pins became very popular in the United States, especially among politicians, following...
  
  
• Push pin
• Safety pin
  Safety pin
  A safety pin is a simple fastening device, a variation of the regular pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp. The clasp serves two purposes: to form a closed loop thereby properly fastening the pin to whatever it is applied to, and to cover the end of the pin to protect the user...
  
  
• Microperforation
• Hot needle perforation
• Paper cricket