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Definition pin

Etymology

From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (�pin, peg, bolt�), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinn?, *pint- (�protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail�), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (�protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge�). Cognate with Dutch pin (�peg, pin�), Low German pin, pinne (�pin, point, nail, peg�), German Pinn, Pinne (�pin, tack, peg�), Bavarian Pfonzer, Pfunzer (�sharpened point�), Danish pind (�pin, pointed stick�), Norwegian pinn (�stick�), Swedish pinne (�peg, rod, stick�), Icelandic pinni (�pin�). More at pintle.

No relation to classical Latin pinna (�fin, flipper, wing-like appendage, wing, feather�), which was extended to mean "ridge, peak, point" (compare pinnacle), and often confused with Latin penna (�wing, feather�). More at feather.

Noun

pin (plural pins)

1. A sewing pin or ballhead pin: 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.
2. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
3. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
4. (wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
5. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
6. (informal, in the plural) A leg.
7. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
8. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
9. (US) 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.
10. (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.
11. (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
12. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
13. (dated) A mood, a state of being.
14. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
15. (medicine, obsolete) caligo
16. A thing of small value; a trifle.
17. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
18. (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
19. The tenon of a dovetail joint.
20. (Britain, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
21. (informal) A pinball machine.

Verb

pin (third-person singular simple present pins, present participle pinning, simple past and past participle pinned)

1. (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
2. (chess, usually passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
3. (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
4. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
5. (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
6. (computing, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
7. Alternative form of peen

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