PINS


[pinz] /pɪnz/

noun
1.
a person of less than 16 years of age placed under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court because of habitual disobedience, intractability, or antisocial but noncriminal behavior.
[pin] /pɪn/
noun
1.
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
2.
a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other, for fastening things together.
3.
any of various forms of fasteners or ornaments consisting essentially or partly of a pointed or penetrating wire or shaft (often used in combination):
a jeweled pin.
4.
a badge having a pointed bar or pin attached, by which it is fastened to the clothing:
a fraternity pin.
5.
Machinery.

6.
the part of a cylindrical key stem entering a lock.
7.
a clothespin.
8.
a hairpin.
9.
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10.
a peg, nail, or stud marking the center of a target.
11.
Bowling. any one of the rounded wooden clubs set up as the target in tenpins, ninepins, duckpins, etc.
12.
Golf. the flag staff which identifies a hole.
13.
any of the projecting knobs or rails on a pinball machine that serve as targets for the ball.
14.
Informal. a human leg.
15.
Music. (def 5).
16.
Wrestling. a fall.
17.
Nautical.

18.
Carpentry. a tenon in a dovetail joint; dovetail.
19.
a very small amount; a trifle:
Such insincere advice isn’t worth a pin.
20.
Chess. the immobilization of an enemy piece by attacking with one’s queen, rook, or bishop.
21.
Electronics. a pin-shaped connection, as the terminals on the base of an electron tube or the connections on an integrated circuit.
verb (used with object), pinned, pinning.
22.
to fasten or attach with or as with a pin or pins:
to pin two pieces of cloth together.
23.
to hold fast in a spot or position (sometimes followed by down):
The debris pinned him down.
24.
to transfix or mount with a pin or the like:
to pin a flower as a botanical specimen.
25.
Chess. to immobilize (an enemy piece) by placing one’s queen, rook, or bishop in a position to check the exposed king or capture a valuable piece if the pinned piece were moved.
26.
Wrestling. to secure a fall over one’s opponent.
Verb phrases
27.
pin down,

28.
pin in, to fill (gaps in a rubble wall, etc.) with spalls.
29.
pin up, to make (a piece of masonry) level or plumb with wedges.
Idioms
30.
get pinned,

31.
pin something on someone, Informal. to ascribe the blame or guilt for something to a person; show someone to be culpable:
They pinned the crime on him.
32.
pull the pin, Informal. to end a relationship, project, program, or the like, because of lack of continuing interest, success, funds, etc.
[pin] /pɪn/
noun, Computers.
1.
a number assigned to an individual, used to establish identity in order to gain access to a computer system via an automatic teller machine, a point-of-sale terminal, or other device.
/pɪn/
noun
1.

2.
short for cotter pin, hairpin, panel pin, rolling pin, safety pin
3.
an ornamental brooch, esp a narrow one
4.
a badge worn fastened to the clothing by a pin
5.
something of little or no importance (esp in the phrases not care or give a pin (for))
6.
a peg or dowel
7.
anything resembling a pin in shape, function, etc
8.
(in various bowling games) a usually club-shaped wooden object set up in groups as a target
9.
Also called cotter pin, safety pin. a clip on a hand grenade that prevents its detonation until removed or released
10.
(nautical)

11.
(music) a metal tuning peg on a piano, the end of which is inserted into a detachable key by means of which it is turned
12.
(surgery) a metal rod, esp of stainless steel, for holding together adjacent ends of fractured bones during healing
13.
(chess) a position in which a piece is pinned against a more valuable piece or the king
14.
(golf) the flagpole marking the hole on a green
15.

16.
(wrestling) a position in which a person is held tight or immobile, esp with both shoulders touching the ground
17.
a dovetail tenon used to make a dovetail joint
18.
(in Britain) a miniature beer cask containing 41/2 gallons
19.
(usually pl) (informal) a leg
20.
(Irish) be put to the pin on one’s collar, to be forced to make an extreme effort
verb (transitive) pins, pinning, pinned
21.
to attach, hold, or fasten with or as if with a pin or pins
22.
to transfix with a pin, spear, etc
23.
(foll by on) (informal) to place (the blame for something): he pinned the charge on his accomplice
24.
(chess) to cause (an enemy piece) to be effectively immobilized by attacking it with a queen, rook, or bishop so that moving it would reveal a check or expose a more valuable piece to capture
25.
Also underpin. to support (masonry), as by driving in wedges over a beam
/pɪn/
noun acronym
1.
personal identification number: a number used by a holder of a cash card or credit card used in EFTPOS
n.

late Old English pinn “peg, bolt,” from Proto-Germanic *penn- “jutting point or peak” (cf. Old Saxon pin “peg,” Old Norse pinni “peg, tack,” Middle Dutch pin “pin, peg,” Old High German pfinn, German Pinne “pin, tack”) from Latin pinna “a feather, plume;” in plural “a wing;” also “fin, scoop of a water wheel;” also “a pinnacle; a promontory, cape; battlement” (e.g. in Luke iv:9 in Vulgate) and so applied to “points” of various sorts, from PIE *pet- (see pen (n.1)).

Latin pinna and penna “a feather, plume,” in plural “a wing,” are treated as identical in Watkins, etc., but regarded as separate (but confused) Latin words by Tucker and others, who derive pinna from PIE *spei- “sharp point” (cf. spike (n.1)) and see the “feather/wing” sense as secondary.

The modern slender wire pin is first attested by this name late 14c. Transferred sense of “leg” is recorded from 1520s and hold the older sense. Pin-money “annual sum allotted to a woman for personal expenses on dress, etc.” is attested from 1620s. Pins and needles “tingling sensation” is from 1810. The sound of a pin dropping as a type of something all but silent is from 1775.
v.

mid-14c., “to affix with a pin,” from pin (n.). Figurative use from 1570s. Related: Pinned; pinning. Sense of “to hold someone or something down so he or it cannot escape” is attested from 1740. In U.S., as a reference to the bestowal of a fraternity pin on a female student as an indication of a relationship, it is attested by 1938. Phrase pin down “define” is from 1951.

acronym for personal identification number, 1981, from the first reference used with redundant number.

pin (pĭn)
n.

v. pinned, pin·ning, pins
To fasten or secure with a pin or pins.

noun

The legs: knocked clean off his pins (1530+)

noun

A leg (1530+)

verb

Related Terms

hairpin, king, pin someone down, pin something down, pin someone’s ears back, pin on, pins, pin-shot
persons in need of supervision
personal identification number

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