What does Pin mean?
Definitions for Pin
pɪnpin
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Pin.
Princeton's WordNet
pinnoun
a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
fall, pinnoun
when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
peg, pinnoun
small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
personal identification number, PIN, PIN numbernoun
a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts
pin, peg, sticknoun
informal terms for the leg
"fever left him weak on his sticks"
pivot, pinnoun
axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
pin, pin tumblernoun
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
pin, flagnoun
flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
pinnoun
a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlocknoun
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
bowling pin, pinverb
a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
trap, pin, immobilize, immobiliseverb
to hold fast or prevent from moving
"The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
pinverb
attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins
"pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man"
pinverb
pierce with a pin
"pin down the butterfly"
pinverb
immobilize a piece
Wiktionary
pinnoun
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.
pinnoun
A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
pinnoun
A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
pinnoun
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
pinnoun
(in plural pins; informal) A leg.
I'm not so good on my pins these days.
pinnoun
Any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector.
The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.
pinnoun
A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
pinnoun
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.
pinnoun
A scenario in which the movement of a lesser piece that is under attack and moves away would reveal a more valuable piece.
pinverb
To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
pinverb
(often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
pinnoun
The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
The shot landed right on the pin.
pinnoun
A mood, a state of being.
She was in a merry pin.
Etymology: From pinne, from pinn, from pinnaz, from bend-. Cognate with pin, pin, pinne, Pinn, Pinne, Pfonzer, Pfunzer, pind, pinn, pinne, pinni. More at pintle.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pinnoun
Etymology: espingle, Fr. spina, spinula, Lat. spilla, Italian; rather from pennum, low Latin. Isidore.
I’ll make thee eat iron like an ostridge, and swallow my sword like a great pin, ere thou and I part. William Shakespeare.
Whatever spirit, careless of his charge,
His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large,
Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o’ertake his sins,
Be stopt in vials, or transfixt with pins. Alexander Pope.Soon after comes the cruel Saracen,
In woven mail all armed warily,
And sternly looks at him, who not a pin
Does care for look of living creature’s eye. Fairy Queen.His fetch is to flatter to get what he can;
His purpose once gotten, a pin for thee than. Thomas Tusser.Tut, a pin; this shall be answer’d. William Shakespeare.
’Tis foolish to appeal to witness for proof, when ’tis not a pin matter whether the fact be true or false. Roger L'Estrange.
With pins of adamant
And chains, they made all fast. John Milton, Par. Lost.Bedlam beggars with roaring voices,
Sticks in their numb’d and mortified bare arms,
Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary. William Shakespeare.These bullets shall rest on the pins; and there must be other pins to keep them. John Wilkins.
Romeo is dead, the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind hautboy’s butshaft. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.
A fir tree, in a vain spiteful humour, was mightily upon the pin of commending itself, and despising the bramble. Roger L'Estrange.
As the woman was upon the peevish pin, a poor body comes, while the forward fit was upon her, to beg. Roger L'Estrange.
Wish all eyes
Blind with the pin and web. William Shakespeare.They drew his brownbread face on pretty gins,
And made him stalk upon two rolling pins. Corbet.To Pinverb
Etymology: from the noun.
If a word or two more are added upon the chief offenders, ’tis only a paper pinn’d upon the breast. Alexander Pope.
Not Cynthia when her manteau’s pinn’d awry,
E’er felt such rage. Alexander Pope.Our gates,
Which yet seem shut, we have but pinn’d with rushes;
They’ll open of themselves. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.She lifted the princess from the earth, and so locks her in embracing, as if she would pin her to her heart. William Shakespeare.
If removing my consideration from the impression of the cubes to the cubes themselves, I shall pin this one notion upon every one of them, and accordingly conceive it to be really in them; it will fall out, that I allow existence to other entities, which never had any. Kenelm Digby, of Bodies.
I’ve learn’d how far I’m to believe
Your pinning oaths upon your sleeve. Hudibras.They help to cozen themselves, by chusing to pin their faith on such expositors as explain the sacred scripture, in favour of those opinions that they beforehand have voted orthodox. John Locke.
It cannot be imagined, that so able a man should take so much pains to pin so closely on his friend a story which, if he himself thought incredible, he could not but also think ridiculous. John Locke.
If all this be willingly granted by us, which are accused to pin the word of God in so narrow room, let the cause of the accused be referred to the accuser’s conscience. Richard Hooker.
ChatGPT
pin
A pin is a small, slender, often pointed piece of metal, wood, or other material used to fasten, secure, or align objects or to serve as a marker or point of reference. It can also refer to a piece of personal ornament, such as a brooch or badge. In the digital context, it could be a personal identification number or a feature to bookmark or save something for later reference.
Webster Dictionary
Pinverb
to peen
Pinverb
to inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound
Pinnoun
a piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt
Pinnoun
especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc
Pinnoun
hence, a thing of small value; a trifle
Pinnoun
that which resembles a pin in its form or use
Pinnoun
a peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings
Pinnoun
a linchpin
Pinnoun
a rolling-pin
Pinnoun
a clothespin
Pinnoun
a short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal
Pinnoun
the tenon of a dovetail joint
Pinnoun
one of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink
Pinnoun
the bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center
Pinnoun
mood; humor
Pinnoun
caligo. See Caligo
Pinnoun
an ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin
Pinnoun
the leg; as, to knock one off his pins
Pinnoun
to fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together
Etymology: [See Pin, n.]
Wikidata
Pin
A pinfall, a pin, or a fall is a victory condition in various forms of professional wrestling that is met by holding an opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time. In professional wrestling, a pinfall is a common method of winning a match and typically must be held for a count of three by the referee. The purpose of a pinning maneuver is to hold the opponent's shoulders against the mat for a count of three. The count is broken if the opponent manages to raise one or both of his shoulders off of the mat, commonly by kicking out. In some positions, a wrestler may bridge to put more of their weight on the pinned opponent or to prop themselves up from being pinned. Sometimes, an attacking wrestler may hook the opponent's tights for extra leverage. Another popular illegal tactic of heel wrestlers is to attempt a pin close to the ring ropes so they can prop their legs up on the ropes to gain additional leverage, putting more weight on the opponent.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pin
pin, n. a piece of wood or of metal used for fastening things together: a peg or nail: a sharp-pointed piece of wire with a rounded head for fastening clothes: anything that holds parts together: a piece of wood set up on end to be knocked down by a bowl, as in skittles: a peg used in musical instruments for fastening the strings: anything of little value.—v.t. to fasten with a pin: to fasten: to enclose: to seize and hold fast:—pr.p. pin′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. pinned.—ns. Pin′-butt′ock (Shak.), a sharp, pointed buttock; Pin′case, Pin′cushion, a case or cushion for holding pins; Pin′-feath′er, a small or short feather.—adj. Pin′-feath′ered.—ns. Pin′-hold, a place where a pin is fixed; Pin′-hole, a hole made by a pin: a very small opening; Pin′-mon′ey, money allowed to a wife by her husband for private expenses, originally to buy pins; Pin′ner, one who pins or fastens: a pin-maker: a pinafore: a head-dress with a lappet flying loose; Pin′-point, the point of a pin: a trifle; Pin′tail, a genus of ducks, one handsome species of which is a winter visitor to many parts of the British coast.—adj. Pin′tailed, having a long, narrow tail.—n. Pin′-wheel, a contrate wheel in which the cogs are pins set into the disc: a form of firework constructed to revolve rapidly while burning.—v.t. Pin′work, to work flax-yarn on a wooden pin so as to make it more supple for ease in packing.—Pin-fire cartridge, a cartridge for breech-loading guns; Pins and needles, a feeling as of pricking under the skin, formication.—In merry pin, in a merry humour; On one's pins, on one's legs: in good condition. [M. E. pinne, like Ir. and Gael. pinne, and Ger. pinn, from L. pinna or penna, a feather.]
Pin
pin, n. an induration of the membranes of the eye, cataract. [A.S. pinn—Low L. pannus.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
PIN
The best dresser in a woman's acquaintance--of remarkable penetration and true as steel, seldom loses its head, follows its own bent and carries its point in whatever it undertakes.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
pin
See Ordnance.
Editors Contribution
pin
A specific secure number created as a facet of a technology process, required by a computer, app, software, device network, system or other form of technology that a person must input with a device or other form of technology to access a computer, app, ATM, website, network, system, device or technology.
Pin numbers are allocated to all bank accounts when they are opened, you can then choose to change them.
Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PIN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pin is ranked #33196 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Pin surname appeared 689 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pin.
61.3% or 423 total occurrences were Asian.
19.3% or 133 total occurrences were White.
16.1% or 111 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.8% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Pin' in Nouns Frequency: #2411
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Pin' in Verbs Frequency: #959
Anagrams for Pin »
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NIP
nip
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NPI
NPI
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Pin in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Pin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Pin in a Sentence
Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu:
This is not a cop found guilty of murder for using his knee to pin down a person for nine minutes as he gasped for air, this is not a cop found guilty of manslaughter for intentionally drawing his firearm and shooting across his partner to kill an unarmed woman as she approached his car. This is a cop who made a tragic mistake. She drew her firearm thinking it was a Taser, and ended up killing a young man.
A couple of fellows right away messaged Dan Hooley and told him what was going on. And one of them was able to drop a pin, and that's the last thing( the organization) heard until the kidnappers contacted them later in the day.
Two very, very strong back-to-back months and it's very difficult to pin any drivers down because economic growth is still pretty soft.
You can't pin all of it on White Republicans, i mean, there's a lot of disinformation campaigns out there from the right and the left, a lot of people who are vaccine-hesitant. And we're doing everything we can to overcome that with public information spots, spending millions of dollars to try to convince people.
Sergeant Kyle King, i’m sorry you had to make the call. That telephone call that every family dreads when they have a son or daughter, husband, wife, brother, sister in uniform. Every morning they pin that badge on, go to work and expect to come home. In the back of your minds, ‘We’ll never get that call.’.
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Translations for Pin
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- naaldAfrikaans
- دبوسArabic
- spilhennBreton
- kuželka, špendlíkCzech
- pinWelsh
- knappenålDanish
- Anstecker, Stecknadel, Bolzen, Fesselung, Nadel, StiftGerman
- καρφίτσαGreek
- pingloEsperanto
- clavado, alfiler, clavada, pin, aguja, clavarSpanish
- nööpnõelEstonian
- سنجاق, آچمزPersian
- keila, napa, tolppa, nänni, nuppineula, pinssi, tappi, nasta, kiinnitys, kiinnittääFinnish
- épingle, épinglette, broche, quille, pin's, clouage, patte, épingler, clouerFrench
- bioránIrish
- fiacail, dealgScottish Gaelic
- סיכהHebrew
- पिनHindi
- tűHungarian
- քորոցArmenian
- cocokIndonesian
- títuprjónn, keila, nælaIcelandic
- spilla, inchiodatura, birillo, spillo, inchiodareItalian
- ピン, 鋲, バッジ, 端子, 留めるJapanese
- ქინძისთავიGeorgian
- ម្ជុលKhmer
- 핀Korean
- دهمبوسKurdish
- acusLatin
- segtukasLithuanian
- kniepadata, tapaLatvian
- pine, karatitiMāori
- шајка, брош, шпенадла, кегла, топуска, чивијаMacedonian
- сүлбээр зүүMongolian
- cematMalay
- labraMaltese
- speld, pin, speldje, vastpinnenDutch
- knappenålNorwegian
- szpilkaPolish
- tacha, pino, alfinete, cravadoPortuguese
- contact-pin, pin, boldRomanian
- шпилька, кегля, брошка, штифт, цапфа, штырь, ножка, брошь, булавкаRussian
- кегла, иглица, чиода, štift, чивија, pin, pribadača, klin, ekserčić, ексерчић, čivija, пин, прибадача, клин, штифт, kegla, iglica, čiodaSerbo-Croatian
- gjilpërë me kokëAlbanian
- kägla, knappnålSwedish
- పావు, గుండుసూదిTelugu
- เข็มหมุดThai
- aspili, aspileTagalog
- đinh ghim, ghimVietnamese
- flegedastafülVolapük
- שפּילקעYiddish
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