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[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.
[2] a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
[3] a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other, for fastening things together.
[4] 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.
[5] a badge having a pointed bar or pin attached, by which it is fastened to the clothing: a fraternity pin.
[6] Digital Technology . a photo or link that is bookmarked on Pinterest, a website and mobile application: She added 5 pins to her recipes board.
[7] Machinery . a short metal rod, as a linchpin, driven through holes in adjacent parts, as a hub and an axle, to keep the parts together. a short cylindrical rod or tube, as a wrist pin or crankpin, joining two parts so as to permit them to move in one plane relative to each other. a short axle, as one on which a pulley rotates in a block.
[8] the part of a cylindrical key stem entering a lock.
[9] a clothespin.
[10] a hairpin.
[11] rolling pin.
[12] a peg, nail, or stud marking the center of a target.
[13] Bowling . any one of the rounded wooden clubs set up as the target in tenpins, ninepins, duckpins, etc.
[14] Golf . the flag staff which identifies a hole.
[15] any of the projecting knobs or rails on a pinball machine that serve as targets for the ball.
[16] Informal . a human leg.
[17] Music . peg(def 5) .
[18] Wrestling . a fall.
[19] Nautical . an axle for a sheave of a block. belaying pin.
[20] Carpentry . a tenon in a dovetail joint; dovetail.
[21] a very small amount; a trifle: Such insincere advice isn't worth a pin.
[22] Chess . the immobilization of an enemy piece by attacking with one's queen, rook, or bishop.
[23] Electronics . a pin-shaped connection, as the terminals on the base of an electron tube or the connections on an integrated circuit.
[24] to fasten or attach with or as with a pin or pins: to pin two pieces of cloth together.
[25] to hold fast in a spot or position (sometimes followed by down ): The debris pinned him down.
[26] to transfix or mount with a pin or the like: to pin a flower as a botanical specimen.
[27] 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.
[28] Wrestling . to secure a fall over one's opponent.
[29] Digital Technology . to bookmark (a photo or link) on Pinterest, a website and mobile application: He pinned a jacket from Macy's on his fashion board. to fix (a social media post) to the top of a feed: She pinned a tweet about her forthcoming book to the top of her Twitter feed.
[30] Digital Technology . to bookmark a photo or link on Pinterest: I've been pinning a lot lately.
[31] pin down , to bind or hold to a course of action, a promise, etc. to force (someone) to deal with a situation or to come to a decision: We tried to pin him down for a definite answer, but he was too evasive for us.
[32] pin in , to fill (gaps in a rubble wall, etc.) with spalls.
[33] pin up , to make (a piece of masonry) level or plumb with wedges.
[34] 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.
[35] personal identification number: a number used by a holder of a cash card or credit card used in EFTPOS
[36] a short stiff straight piece of wire pointed at one end and either rounded or having a flattened head at the other: used mainly for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc, esp temporarily (in combination ) pinhole
[37] short for cotter pin, hairpin, panel pin, rolling pin, safety pin
[38] an ornamental brooch, esp a narrow one
[39] a badge worn fastened to the clothing by a pin
[40] something of little or no importance (esp in the phrases not care or give a pin (for ))
[41] a peg or dowel
[42] anything resembling a pin in shape, function, etc
[43] (in various bowling games) a usually club-shaped wooden object set up in groups as a target
[44] Also called: cotter pin , safety pin a clip on a hand grenade that prevents its detonation until removed or released
[45] nautical See belaying pin the axle of a sheave the sliding closure for a shackle
[46] 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
[47] surgery a metal rod, esp of stainless steel, for holding together adjacent ends of fractured bones during healing
[48] chess a position in which a piece is pinned against a more valuable piece or the king
[49] golf the flagpole marking the hole on a green
[50] the cylindrical part of a key that enters a lock the cylindrical part of a lock where this part of the key fits
[51] wrestling a position in which a person is held tight or immobile, esp with both shoulders touching the ground
[52] a dovetail tenon used to make a dovetail joint
[53] (in Britain) a miniature beer cask containing 4 1 /2 gallons
[54] (usually plural) informal a leg
[55] be put to the pin on one's collar Irish to be forced to make an extreme effort
[56] to attach, hold, or fasten with or as if with a pin or pins
[57] to transfix with a pin, spear, etc
[58] (foll by on) informal to place (the blame for something) he pinned the charge on his accomplice
[59] 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
[60] Also: underpin to support (masonry), as by driving in wedges over a beam

Words related to Pins

fasten, fix, affix, clasp, bind, immobilize, join, secure, restrain, press, close, pinion

Origin of Pins

PINp(ersonal) i(dentification) n(umber)

Other words from Pins

re·pin , verb (used with object), re·pinned, re·pin·ning.

Word origin for Pins

Old English pinn; related to Old High German pfinn, Old Norse pinni nail

Synonyms for Pins

affix, bind, clasp, fasten, fix, close, immobilize, join, pinion, press, restrain, secure, hold down, hold fast