noun
- A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
- When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat.
- synonyms: fall
- Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc..
- synonyms: peg
- A number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts.
- synonyms: personal identification number, PIN number
- Informal terms for the leg.
- usage: "fever left him weak on his sticks"
- Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns.
- synonyms: pivot
- 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.
- synonyms: pin tumbler
- Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green.
- synonyms: flag
- A small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things.
- A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing.
- A club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target.
- synonyms: bowling pin
verb
- To hold fast or prevent from moving.
- usage: "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"
- synonyms: trap, immobilize, immobilise
- Attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins.
- usage: "pin the needle to the shirt". "pin the blame on the innocent man"
- Pierce with a pin.
- usage: "pin down the butterfly"
- Immobilize a piece. .
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