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noun
- 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.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
- I'm not so good on my pins these days
- Any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector.
- The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity is has three pins.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- 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.
- (chess) A scenario in which the movement of a lesser piece that is under attack and moves away would reveal a more valuable piece.
- (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
- The shot landed right on the pin.
Translations: - Dutch: pin
- French: clouage
- German: Fesselung
- Italian: inchiodatura
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: clavado , clavada
verb (pins, pinning, pinned)
- (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (chess; usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
Translations: - Dutch: vastpinnen
(trans-mid)
- French: épingler
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, in chess)
- Italian: inchiodare
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: clavar
(trans-bottom)
Etymology: Old English pinn, from Germanic - penn-, borrowed from classical Latin penna "feather, wing". Cognate with Dutch Dutch, pin, German Pinne, Norwegian pinn "knitting-needle".
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