pin

[[t]pɪn[/t]]

n. v. pinned, pin•ning

1) a small, slender, often pointed piece of metal, wood, etc., used as a fastener or support

2) a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other, for fastening things together

3) any of various forms of fasteners, badges, or ornaments consisting essentially or partly of a penetrating wire or shaft (often used in combination):

a fraternity pin; a tiepin[/ex]

4) mac

a) a short metal rod, as a linchpin, driven through holes in adjacent parts, as a hub and an axle, to keep the parts together

b) mac a short cylindrical rod or tube, as a wrist pin or crankpin, joining two parts so as to permit them to move in one plane relative to each other

5) the part of a cylindrical key stem entering a lock

6) clothespin

7) hairpin

8) a peg, nail, or stud marking the center of a target

9) spo any one of the rounded wooden clubs set up as the target in tenpins, ninepins, duckpins, etc

10) spo Golf. the pole, with flag, which identifies a hole; flagstick

11) inf Informal. a human leg

12) mad

peg 4)

13) spo Wrestling. a fall

14) Naut.

naut. navig. belaying pin

15) a very small amount; a trifle

16) elo elm a pin-shaped connection, as the terminals on the base of an electron tube or the connections on an integrated circuit

17) to fasten or attach with or as with a pin or pins

18) to hold fast in a spot or position (sometimes fol. by down)

19) to give one's fraternity pin to (a young woman) as a pledge of one's attachment

20) spo Wrestling. to secure a fall over one's opponent

21) phv pin down

to force (someone) to deal with a situation or to come to a decision

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- pin something on someone

Etymology: bef. 1100; ME pinne, OE pinn peg; c. D pin, G Pinne, ON pinni; perh. < L pinna feather, quill