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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
A cylindrical piece of solid material, often of wood or metal, used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
“Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.”
The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
Verb 4 meanings
To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
To pin down (someone).
“He pinned his opponent on the mat.”
To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
Etymology
From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pen (“enclosure”).
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PIN at a glance
PIN has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (P 3 + I 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,393 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with pin
All rhymes- SPIN6
- KINGPIN14
- CHOPIN13
- LUPIN7
- HAIRPIN12
- PIPPIN12
- UNDERPIN11
- CRISPIN11
- LINCHPIN15
- TAILSPIN10
- TERRAPIN10
- COPPIN12
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