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1. A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point, used especially for fastening.

2. Something, such as a safety pin, that resembles such a piece of wire in shape or use.

3. A whit; a jot: didn't care a pin about the matter.

4. A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.

5. A peg for fixing the crown to the root of a tooth.

6. A cotter pin.

7. The part of a key stem entering a lock.

8. Music One of the pegs securing the strings and regulating their tension on a stringed instrument.

9. Nautical A belaying pin.

10. Nautical A thole pin.

11. One of the wooden clubs at which the ball is aimed in bowling.

12. A flagstick.

13. See fall.

14. Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.

15. Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.

16. Any of the small metal prongs at the end of a connector that fit into the holes in a port.

A slender, usually cylindrical piece of wood or metal for holding or fastening parts together, or serving as a support for suspending one thing from another, as:

1. A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.

2. A peg for fixing the crown to the root of a tooth.

3. A cotter pin.

4. The part of a key stem entering a lock.

5. Music One of the pegs securing the strings and regulating their tension on a stringed instrument.

6. Nautical A belaying pin.

7. Nautical A thole pin.

8. One of the wooden clubs at which the ball is aimed in bowling.

9. A flagstick.

10. See fall.

11. Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.

12. Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.

13. Any of the small metal prongs at the end of a connector that fit into the holes in a port.

An ornament fastened to clothing by means of a clasp.

A rolling pin.

Sports

1. One of the wooden clubs at which the ball is aimed in bowling.

2. A flagstick.

3. See fall.

4. Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.

5. Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.

6. Any of the small metal prongs at the end of a connector that fit into the holes in a port.

pins Informal The legs: spry for his age, and steady on his pins.

Electronics A lead on a device that plugs into a socket to connect the device to a system.

Computer Science

1. Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.

2. Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.

3. Any of the small metal prongs at the end of a connector that fit into the holes in a port.

To fasten or secure with or as if with a pin or pins.

To transfix.

To place in a position of trusting dependence: He pinned his faith on an absurdity.

1. To hold fast; immobilize: The passenger was pinned under the wreckage of the truck.

2. Sports To win a fall from in wrestling.

To give (a woman) a fraternity pin in token of attachment.

To fix or establish clearly: was finally able to pin down the cause of the disease.

To force (someone) to give firm opinions or precise information: The reporter pinned the governor down on the issue of capital punishment.