Meaning of Pin | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cataract of the eye.
2. Acronym of personal identification number.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. 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.
4. Initialism of preferred IUPAC name.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
6. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
7. The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
8. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
9. A leg.
   in-plural, informal
10. Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
11. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
12. 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.
    US
13. Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
14. The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
15. The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
16. The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
17. A mood, a state of being.
    obsolete
18. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
19. Caligo.
    obsolete
20. A thing of small value; a trifle.
21. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
22. A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
23. The tenon of a dovetail joint.
24. A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
    UK
25. A pinball machine.
    informal
26. A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
27. An injection of PEDs.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.”

“Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.”

“I'm not so good on my pins these days.”

“The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.”

“The shot landed right on the pin.”

“For kings are clouts that euery man ſhoots at, Our Crowne the pin that thouſands ſeeke to cleaue.”

“the very pin of his heart cleft”

“Hee sett Promethius, on a merrye pynn, / Whoe dranke soe devillishly, that there he gott / A terrible heartburninge, […]”

“he had made the sign of the Cross on his head; for he was then on a merry pin and full of jearing”

“Blind with the pin and web”

“He […] did not care a pin for her.”

“Our ground crew were lodged in the main station, but they came to the cottage for a party when operations for the night had been cancelled and we had a new ‘gong’ (decoration) to celebrate. On these occasions we always installed a pin of bitter.”

“I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.”

“Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.”

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