Pin

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 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) A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
 * 5) (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
 * I'm not so good on my pins these days.
 * 1)  Any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector.
 * The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.
 * 1) A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 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.
 * 3)  A scenario in which the movement of a lesser piece that is under attack and moves away would reveal a more valuable piece.
 * 4)  The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
 * The shot landed right on the pin.

Synonyms

 * nail, tack
 * peg
 * skittle
 * brooch
 * badge

Hyponyms

 * breastpin

Derived terms

 * belaying pin
 * breastpin
 * clothespin, clothes pin
 * drawing pin
 * gudgeon pin
 * on pins and needles
 * pincushion
 * pinhead


 * pinhole
 * pinner
 * pinprick
 * pins and needles
 * pintle
 * pin-up, pinup
 * rolling pin
 * safety pin

Verb

 * 1) (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.


 * 1)  To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.

Verbs for Pin
affix with—; attach with—; bristle with—s; jab with—; join with—; load with—s; locate—; mark with—; plant—; secure with —; tuck in with—; —barbs; —connects; — encloses; —fastens; —lodges; —penetrates; —pricks; —scratches; —stabs; —unites.

Adverbs for Pin
securely; tidily; firmly; mercilessly; relentlessly.

Thesaurus
a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, ankle, anklet, arbor, armlet, armory, articulate, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle-tree, badge, badge of office, badges, bagatelle, bangle, baton, batten, batten down, bauble, bayonet legs, beads, bean, bibelot, bijou, bit, blazonry, bolt, bowlegs, bracelet, brass farthing, brassard, breastpin, broach, brooch, buckle, bung, butt, button, calf, cap and gown, cent, chain, chain of office, chaplet, charm, chatelaine, check valve, circle, clasp, class ring, cleat, clip, cnemis, cock, cockade, collar, cork, coronet, cross, crown, curio, decoration, diadem, distaff, dovetail, dress, drumstick, eagle, earring, emblems, ensigns, farce, farthing, fasces, faucet, feather, fig, figurehead, fleabite, fleur-de-lis, fob, folderol, foreleg, fribble, frippery, fulcrum, gamb, gambrel, gaud, gem, gewgaw, gigot, gimbal, gimcrack, gudgeon, hair, halfpenny, ham, hammer and sickle, hasp, heraldry, hill of beans, hind leg, hinge, hingle, hitch, hock, hook, hub, insignia, jam, jamb, jest, jewel, joint, joke, kickshaw, knee, knickknack, knickknackery, lapel pin, latch, leg, lid, limb, livery, lock, locket, mace, mandrel, mantle, markings, medal, minikin, miter, mockery, molehill, mortarboard, mortise, nail, nave, necklace, nose ring, oarlock, old school tie, peg, peppercorn, picayune, pinch of snuff, pinprick, pintle, pivot, plug, podite, pole, popliteal space, precious stone, rabbet, radiant, rap, red cent, regalia, rhinestone, ring, rivet, rose, row of pins, rowlock, rush, scarf, school ring, scissor-legs, screw, sea cock, sew, shamrock, shank, shin, shit, sigillography, skewer, skull and crossbones, snap, sneeshing, sou, sphragistics, spigot, spike, spile, spill, spindle, staff, staple, stems, stick, stickpin, stitch, stone, stop, stopgap, stopper, stopple, straw, stumps, swastika, swivel, tack, tap, tarsus, tartan, thistle, tiara, tie, toggle, torque, toy, trifle, trinket, triviality, trotters, trunnion, tuppence, two cents, twopence, uniform, valve, verge, wampum, wand, wedge, whim-wham, wristband, wristlet, zipper

Etymology
From pinne: from  pinn: from  from. Akin to pfinn: "pin, tack" ( pfonzer: "sharpened point"),  pinni: "peg, tack" ( pind: "pin, pointed stick",  pinn: "knitting-needle"),  pin: "pin, point, nail, peg" ( Pinne: "tack, pin, peg"),  pin: "pin, peg" ( pin: "peg, pin"),  pintel:. More at pintle.

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

Noun

 * Afrikaans: naald
 * Albanian: gjilpërë me kokë
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: քորոց
 * Chinese: 别针 (biézhēn)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: knappenål
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pinglo
 * Estonian: nööpnõel
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ქინძისთავი (k‘indzist‘avi)
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पिन (pin)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: títuprjónn
 * Indonesian: cocok
 * Irish: biorán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ម្ជុល


 * Korean: 핀 (pin)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: kniepadata
 * Lithuanian: segtukas
 * Macedonian: топуска, шпенадла
 * Maltese:
 * Maori:
 * Mongolian: сүлбээр зүү (sülbêêr züü)
 * Norwegian: knappenål
 * Persian: سنجاق (sanjāq)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ac cu gămălie
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: чиода
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: knappnål
 * Taos: phìstuléna
 * Telugu: గుండుసూది (guMDusoodi)
 * Thai: (kĕm mòot)
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שפּילקע (shpilke)
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שפּילקע (shpilke)


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: шајка


 * Portuguese:
 * Serbian: ексерчић


 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: чивија


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: штифт
 * Serbian: чивија, штифт


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: кегла
 * Russian: кегля
 * Serbian: кегла
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * French:


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 端子


 * Romanian: pin, contact-pin
 * Serbian: пин,


 * Finnish:
 * French: pin's, épinglette , broche
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: バッジ
 * Macedonian: брош


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Fesselung
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Portuguese:
 * Serbian: клин
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu: పావు (paavu)


 * Finnish:


 * : agulla de cap
 * : spinula
 * : pìn

Verb

 * Dutch: vastpinnen
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Icelandic: næla
 * Japanese: 留める
 * Santali:


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * pin down
 * pin in
 * pin on
 * pin the tail on the donkey
 * pin up
 * underpin

Anagrams

 * nip, Nip, NIP
 * NPI

Noun

 * 1) peg, pin

Anagrams

 * nip

Noun

 * 1) pine, pine tree

Etymology
From pinus.

Pinyin syllable
pin



Verb

 * 1) To say
 * 2) To tell (a story).
 * 3) First-person singular realis mood form of pin.

Synonyms

 * nvxamyen

Noun

 * 1) pine

Etymology
From pinus.

Noun

 * 1)  spruce, fir

Etymology
From pinus.

Noun

 * 1)  coop for poultry

Alternative forms

 * (Van)
 * (Çorum)
 * (Kahramanmaraş, Sivas, Yozgat, Nevşehir, Adana)
 * (Ankara, Gümüşhane, Kayseri)
 * (Trabzon, Rize, Tekirdağ, Ankara, Adana)
 * (Ankara)
 * (Trabzon)
 * (Giresun)
 * (Kastamonu, Çorum, Sinop, Samsun, Tokat, Kırşehir, Kayserii)


 * (Sinop, Ordu, Gümüşhane, Sivas, Yozgat)
 * (Tunceli, Gaziantep, Sivas)
 * (Gümüşhane)
 * (Artvin, Bitlis)
 * (Ordu)
 * (Adana)
 * (Antalya)
 * (Ordu)
 * (Ordu)

Etymology
From բույն: (from Western Armenian pronunciation).