pins

/pษชnz/

IPA: /P IH1 N Z/

verb
  1. 1

    To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

  3. 3

    A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.

    โ€œPull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.โ€

  4. 4

    The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.

  5. 5

    A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.

  6. 6

    (in plural) A leg.

    โ€œI'm not so good on my pins these days.โ€

  7. 7

    Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.

    โ€œThe UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.โ€

  8. 8

    A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.

  9. 9

    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.

  10. 10

    A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.

  11. 11

    The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole

  12. 12

    The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)

    โ€œThe shot landed right on the pin.โ€

  13. 13

    A mood, a state of being.

  14. 14

    One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.

  15. 15

    Caligo.

  16. 16

    A thing of small value; a trifle.

  17. 17

    A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

  18. 18

    A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

  19. 19

    The tenon of a dovetail joint.

  20. 20

    A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.

  21. 21

    A pinball machine.

    โ€œI spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.โ€

verb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    (usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.

  3. 3

    To pin down (someone).

  4. 4

    To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

  5. 5

    To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.

    โ€œto pin a window to the Taskbarโ€

  6. 6

    To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.

    โ€œWhen marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.โ€

  7. 7

    To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.

    syn:peg

Synonyms

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/peen, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pin, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pins