Pin

Quick meaning: Pin is a noun meaning A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

Meaning

A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

More Meanings

1. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
2. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
3. (informal, in the plural) A leg.
4. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
5. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
6. A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
7. (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.

Example Sentences

the very pin of his heart cleft

The shot landed right on the pin.

I'm not so good on my pins these days.

With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.

Word Forms

• pins
• pinning
• pinned

Synonyms for pin

Depending on context, synonyms include nail, tack, peg, skittle, brooch, badge.

Antonyms for pin

Common opposites include unpin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include peg, trap, pivot, flag, oarlock, rowlock.

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