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   pin

   /pɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc. Similar tacksafety pinnailstapleskewerspikebradfastener
   • ▪ a small brooch or badge: "a gold and diamond lapel pin" Similar badgebroochsticker
   • ▪ a steel rod used to join the ends of fractured bones while they heal.
   • ▪ a metal peg that holds down the activating lever of a hand grenade, preventing its explosion.
   • ▪ a hairpin.
   • ▪ a peg round which one string of a musical instrument is fastened.
   • 2. a metal projection from a plug or an integrated circuit which makes an electrical connection with a socket or another part of a circuit: "a three-pin plug"
   • 3. a stick with a flag placed in a hole to mark its position.
   • 4. a skittle in bowling.
   • 5. a person's legs: informal "she was very nimble on her pins"
   • 6. an attack on a piece or pawn which is thereby pinned.
   • 7. a half-firkin cask for beer. historical British

   verb

   • 1. attach or fasten with a pin or pins: "he pinned the badge on to his lapel" Similar attachfastenaffixfixsticktacknailstapleclipjoinlinksecure
   • 2. hold (someone) firmly in a specified position so they are unable to move: "she was standing pinned against the door" Similar holdrestrainpresspinionconstrainhold fasthold downimmobilize
   • 3. hinder or prevent (a piece or pawn) from moving because of the danger to a more valuable piece standing behind it along the line of an attack: "the black rook on e4 is pinned"

   Word Origin late Old Englishpinn, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch pin ‘pin, peg’, from Latin pinna ‘point, tip, edge’.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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