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Definition: Pin |
PinNoun1. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment. 2. When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat. 3. Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. 4. A number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts. 5. Informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks". 6. Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns. 7. Cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown. 8. Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green. 9. A small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things. 10. : a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. 11. : a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target. Verb1. Attach with or as if with a pin. 2. To hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree". 3. Attach or fasten with pins. 4. Pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly". 5. Immobilize a piece, in chess. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | PIN Personal Identification Number. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
19th Century Satire | The best dresser in a woman's acquaintance--of remarkable penetration and true as steel, seldom loses its head, follows its own bent and carries its point in whatever it undertakes. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Agriculture | Pesticide information network. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A rigid terminal that may also serve to locate and fix the tube in its socket. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A stick or strip of wood used to separate courses in a stack and so improve air circulation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A small saddle used in conjunction with a crank. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Pin (A). A cask holding 4 1/2 gallons of ale or beer. This is the smallest of the casks. Two pins = a firkin or 9 gallons, and 2 firkins = a kilderkin or 18 gallons. Pin Not worth a pin. Wholly worthless. I don't care a pin, or a pin's point. In the least. The pin. The centre; as, "the pin of the heart" (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, ii. 4). The allusion is to the pin which fastened the clout or white mark on a target in archery. Weak on his pins. Weak in his legs, the legs being a man's pegs or supporters. A merry pin. A roysterer. We are told that St. Dunstan introduced the plan of pegging tankards to check the intemperate habits of the English in his time. Called "pin-tankards." In merry pin. In merry mood,in good spirits. Pegge, in his Anonymsina says that the old tankards were divided into eight equal parts, and each part was marked with a silver pin. The enps held two quarts, consequently the quantity from pin to pin was half a Winchester pint. By the rules of "good fellowship" a drinker was supposed to stop drinking only at a pin, and if he drank beyond it, was to drink to the next one. As it was very hard to stop exactly at the pin, the vain efforts gave rise to much mirch and the drinker had generally to drain the tankard. (See Peg.) "No song, no laugh, no jovial din Of drinking wassail to the pin." Longfellow: Golden I sgend. I do not pin my faith upon your sleeve I am not going to take your ipse dixit for gospel. In feudal times badgas were worn, and the partisans of a leader used to wear his badge, which was pinned on the sleeve. Sometimes these badges were changed for specific purposes, and persons learned to doubt. Hence the phrase, "You wear the badge, but I do not intend to pin my faith on your sleeve." He tirled at the pin. Rattled at the latch to give notice that he was about to enter. The pin was not only the latch of chamber-doors and cottages, but the "rasp" of castles used instead of the modern knocker. It was attached to a ring, which produced a grating sound to give notice to the warder. "Sae licht he jumpëd up the stair, And tirled at the pin; And wha sae ready as hersel' To let the laddie in." Charlie is my Darling. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | A short cylindrical piece upon and about which something rotates or oscillates. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Small pointed piece of wire. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Small pointed piece of equipment which is used to secure or fasten a piece to a device. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | See:wedge rock. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | PIN. In or to a merry pin; almost drunk: an allusion to a sort of tankard, formerly used in the north, having silver pegs or pins set at equal distances from the top to the bottom: by the rules of good fellowship, every person drinking out of one of these. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A personal identification number (PIN) is a numeric value that is used in certain systems to gain access, and authenticate. PINs are (ideally) only known by the person whose PIN it is, and are sufficiently hard to guess. The PIN should be such that a person, or computer cannot guess it in sufficient time by using a guess and check method, where it guesses the PIN, and checks for correctness by testing it of the system that the person is attempting to gain access to.PINs are a type of password.
PINs are most often used for ATMss in which case they are 4-digit number from 0000-9999, this means that an attacker would need to guess an average of 5000 times to get the correct PIN. They are sometimes used for online systems instead of passwords severely compromising its security (see password for more details)
In 2002 two Phd students at Cambridge University, Piotr Zielinski and Mike Bond, discovered a security flaw in the PIN generation system of the IBM 3624, which was duplicated in most later hardware. This has meant most ATM's are vulnerable to an attack known as the decimalization table attack which means that someone who can access ATM hardware can guess a PIN in an average of 15 guesses.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Personal identification number."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In chess, a pin is a move which forces one of the opponent's pieces to stay put because moving it would expose a more valuable piece behind it or a situation where such a thing has happened.
In the diagram to the left, the black knight is pinned to the king by the white bishop. This is an absolute pin, because the rules forbid moving the knight, as it would expose the king to attack.
The black rook is pinning the white knight to the queen. This is a relative pin; white is unlikely to move the knight because it risks losing the queen, which is much more valuable--but he still has the choice.
The act of breaking a pin is unpinning. This can be executed in a number of ways: the piece effecting the pin can be captured; a piece can be interposed between the pinning unit and the pinned unit; a piece can be interposed between the pinned unit and the unit to which it is pinned; or the unit to which a piece is pinned can be moved.
A pin that often occurs in openings is the move Bb5 (see algebraic chess notation) which, if black has moved his d-pawn, pins the knight on c6, because moving the knight would expose the king on e8 to check. A common way to win the queen is to pin her to the king with a rook, for instance with a white rook on e1, the black queen on e7 and the black king on e8.
See also: Chess terminology
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pin (chess)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PIN | Danish | Personligt identifikationsnummer | Computing, Finance |
PIN | Dutch | Persoonlijk identificatienummer | Computing, Finance |
PIN | English | Police Information Network | Computing, Information |
PIN | French | Numéro d'identification personnel | Computing, Finance |
PIN | German | Persönliche Identifikationsnummer | Computing, Finance |
PIN | Italian | Interruzione di procedura negativa | Post & Telecom |
PIN | Portuguese | Número de identificação pessoal | Post & Telecom |
PIN | Spanish | Número de identificación personal | Computing, Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: PinSynonyms: bowling pin (n), fall (n), flag (n), oarlock (n), peg (n), personal identification number (n), pivot (n), rowlock (n), stick (n), thole (n), tholepin (n), immobilise (v), immobilize (v), pin down (v), pin up (v), trap (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: clicked (mechanical engineering), spindling (mechanical engineering, transportation). |
| Antonym: unpin (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Jewelry | Necklace, bracelet, anklet; earring; locket, pendant, charm bracelet; ring, pinky ring; carcanet; chain, chatelaine; broach, pin, lapel pin, torque. |
Junction | Braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase; graft, ingraft, |
Location | Verb: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant; (insert); shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in. |
Rotation | Axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation. |
Sharpness | Point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca. |
Unimportance | Straw, pin, fig, button, rush; bulrush, feather, halfpenny, brass farthing, doit, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son; cent, mill, picayune, pistareen, red cent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | No. It's because the other team's too busy staring at the pin stripes (Catch Me If You Can; writing credit: Frank Abagnale Jr.; Stan Redding) What do you expect us to do, dance on the head of a pin or something (All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series; writing credit: Andy Borowitz; Susan Borowitz) Oh, I'm sorry, did my pin get in the way of your ass (Zoolander; writing credit: Drake Sather; Ben Stiller) One of them pulled the pin on a grenade (The Godfather: Part II; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola) You make $100 an hour and you have a safety pin holding up your boot (Pretty Woman; writing credit: J.F. Lawton) | |
Lyrics | No I don't wanna be as neat as a new pin (We Live; performing artist: Bosson) But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and blocked the door (Coward of the County; performing artist: Kenny Rogers) It's like someone takes a pin to your balloon (Why They Call It Fallin; performing artist: Lee Ann Womack) Double breasted pin stripe coat top press (THAT'S KILLER JOE; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer) I like your pin shot (Peg; performing artist: STEELY DAN) | |
Clever | Without the firing pin, the Grenade is not our friend. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Clue of the New Pin (1960) Ten Pin Terrors (1953) Pin jian fu qi bai shi shuai (1952) Mother Pin a Rose on Me (1929) The Clue of the New Pin (1929) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Driving pin for steady rod support Level party of Al Thorson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Using a pin inoculator, technician Ashaki Shropshire can simultaneously test 32 separate Bacillus thuringiensisisolates. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Friederich Casimir Medicus. / Delose pin. Grav. par E. Verhelst. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Ensign William H. Cheatham, Officer of the Deck, checks the radar scope for surface contacts during his bridge watch, 13-26 May 1978. The ship was then taking part in Operation "Solid Shield 1978". Ensign Cheatham is wearing a Special Warfare pin. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Safety pin. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Nobody can pin a "too little and too late" label on him. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Pin boy in bowling alley. Clinton, Indiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dahinda, Illinois. A coupling pin jumps loose and the rear brakeman goes back to flag any oncoming trains on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Chillicothe, Illinois and Fort Madison, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Initial pin souvenirs at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portrait of Mrs. Pin Yutang. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Pin" by Jana Werner Commentary: "Enjoy!." | "Bearded iris" by James O Commentary: "Close-up shot of a bearded iris. (orchid pin stripe?)." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Bowling; bowl; pin; bowling alley; bowling pin; strike; spare; lane. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Thomas Carlyle | Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own. |
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Health | The doctor can use something sharp like a pin to test the sense of touch. (references) | |
The next step was to pin down the connection between the infected deer mice and households where people who had gotten the disease lived. (references) | ||
Hundreds of pain syndromes or disorders make up the spectrum of pain. There are the most benign, fleeting sensations of pain, such as a pin prick. (references) | ||
Business | Although debit card usage is high, the movement to pure credit card usage has been slow. The French believe that debit cards, which require a PIN code, are the safest way of purchasing. (references) | |
Economic History | South Africa | Private sector arrears, though hard to pin down, are likely in the neighborhood of U.S. $500 million, for a total arrearage of nearly U.S. $1.2 billion. (references) |
Political Economy | Cyprus | It is difficult to pin down a number, but Cyprus' chief EU accession negotiator, former President Vassiliou, has estimated the cost of Cyprus' drive for EU harmonization at 946.0 million Euros (about USD 757.0 million). (references) |
Travel | Mexico | These taxis are frequently used to apprehend visitors and hold them until sufficient money is extracted using their credit cards in automatic teller machines (hence the importance of knowing all PIN numbers). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.49% of the time. "Pin" is used about 1,118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.49% | 743 | 9,146 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 25.92% | 290 | 17,096 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 7.06% | 79 | 37,388 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.54% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,118 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "pin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Pin | Last name | 300 | 26,170 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Hat Pin Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "pin": arming pin ♦ as a new pin ♦ axle pin ♦ Banking pin ♦ bayonet pin ♦ bearing pin ♦ belaying pin ♦ bitt pin ♦ bobby pin ♦ bogie pin ♦ bowling pin ♦ breast pin ♦ Breech pin ♦ catch pin ♦ centering pin ♦ centring pin ♦ ceramic Pin Grid Array ♦ clevis pin ♦ clothes pin ♦ collared pin ♦ Corking pin ♦ cotter pin ♦ Coupling pin ♦ Crank pin ♦ Crimping pin ♦ Crisping pin ♦ dimple for a shot pin ♦ Dowel pin ♦ drawing pin ♦ Drill pin ♦ driving plate pin ♦ ejector pin assembly ♦ firing pin ♦ flip Chip Pin Grid Array ♦ ground dowel pin ♦ gudgeon pin ♦ guide pin ♦ headed pin ♦ hollow pin ♦ joining pin ♦ king pin ♦ lapel pin ♦ large pin ♦ locating pin ♦ loose pin ♦ mesh pin ♦ movable pin ♦ neat as a new pin ♦ neat as a pin ♦ northern pin oak ♦ package pin count ♦ panel pin ♦ pin and web ♦ pin apron ♦ PIN assignment ♦ pin back ♦ pin bit ♦ pin bolt ♦ pin bone ♦ pin cherry ♦ pin chips ♦ pin clover ♦ pin count ♦ pin curl ♦ pin cushion ♦ pin down ♦ pin drafter ♦ pin drill ♦ pin feather removal ♦ pin feed ♦ pin grass ♦ pin Grid Array ♦ pin head ♦ pin hole ♦ pin holes ♦ pin knot ♦ pin lock ♦ pin money ♦ pin number ♦ pin oak ♦ pin on ♦ pin on smb. ♦ pin one's faith on ♦ pin one's faith on smth. ♦ pin ones faith on to ♦ pin one's faith to ♦ pin one's faith upon ♦ pin one's hopes on ♦ pin one's hopes on smth. ♦ pin oneself upon ♦ pin out ♦ pin point ♦ pin pool ♦ pin prick ♦ pin rack ♦ pin rail ♦ pin smb. down to promesse ♦ pin smth. down to ♦ pin table ♦ pin tar oil ♦ pin together. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pin": pin-before, pin-board, pin-brained, pin-clear, pin-compatible, pin-count, pin-curl, pin-curled, pin-curls, pin-cushion, pin-cushions, pin-down, pin-drop, Pin-eyed, pin-eyes, pin-feather, pin-fine, Pin-fire, pin-flags, pin-hatted, pin-head, pin-headed, pin-heads, pin-high, pin-holder, pin-hole, Pin-hole pupil, pin-jointed, pin-kung, pin-money, pin-neat, pin-out, pin-outs, pin-point, pin-pointed, pin-pointing, pin-points, pin-prick, pin-pricked, pin-pricks, pin-sharp, pin-stripe, pin-striped, pin-stripes, pin-stripped, pin-table, pin-tables, Pin-tailed, pin-tailed duck, pin-tailed grouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse, pin-toed, pin-tuck, pin-tucked, pin-tucks, pin-up, pin-up girl, pin-ups. | |
Ending with "pin": drawing-pin, hat-pin, king-pin, lynch-pin, safety-pin, ten-pin, three-pin, tie-pin. | |
Containing "pin": o-pin-ion. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pin | 2,302 | logo pin | 133 |
american flag pin | 1,077 | bowling pin | 130 |
lapel pin | 768 | field id login maximilian maximilian menu missing new pin user window | 124 |
pin up girl | 664 | disney trading pin | 120 |
world trade center pin | 595 | trading pin | 115 |
flag pin | 533 | ten pin bowling | 104 |
min pin | 486 | patriotic lapel pin | 104 |
pin worm | 459 | safety pin | 100 |
angel pin | 348 | 10 pin bowling | 98 |
school girl pin | 265 | olympic pin | 87 |
disney pin | 240 | king pin | 80 |
pin up art | 236 | pin schoolboy | 79 |
award pin | 171 | pin and needle | 78 |
pin ball | 163 | hair pin | 76 |
sport pin | 148 | pin oak | 74 |
custom pin | 143 | baseball pin | 73 |
recognition pin | 141 | pin the tail on the donkey | 70 |
rolling pin | 138 | dowel pin | 65 |
custom lapel pin | 137 | flag lapel pin | 63 |
hat pin | 135 | pin oak tree | 61 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "pin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | petës (rolling pin), tuç, mbërtheckë (hasp, hook and eye, safety pin, stud), kunj (axle pin, dowel, hob, key, linchpin, peg, picket, pintle, piquet, Spike, spile, spline, tenon, toggle), karficë (clasp-pin, clip, hairpin, ouch, pushpin), kapëse (clip, dog, fastener, hold, staple), kap me gjilpërë, këmbë (abutment, foot, hoof, leg, locomotives, paw, peg, shank, trotters), hedh me shpatulla në tokë, gozhdoj (attract, chain, nail, nail down, rivet, root, Spike), gjilpërë me kokë (pushpin), gjilpërë (injection, needle, pintle), e therur (twinge), bashkues (connective, coupler, coupling, solder, union), çikërrimë (cheese paring, jiggery pokery, nothing, pin head, trifle, triviality). (various references) | |
Arabic | حدد (adjust, allocate, appoint, assess, assign, be specified, calibrate, center, centre, condition, constrict, define, determine, fix, itemize, limit, line, locate, mark, name, narrow, pinpoint, prefix, prescribe, qualify, set, shoe, type), دبوس (pinpoint, prick), شبك (kink, ravel, staple), شبك بالدبوس, رجل (bloke, boy, buck, chap, gent, go on foot, lad, leg, male, man), ألقى اللوم, دبس, سمر (brown, nail, spike, stud, tan), مسمار مثبت الورق, حصر (enclose, incarcerate, incarceration, inclose, intercept, limitation, pocket, restrict, restriction, straiten, trap), وتد (cleat, coin, dowel, nog, pad, pale, peg, picket, pole, spar, stake, wedge), مشبك (brace, buckle, clasp, clip, fastener, fibula, paper clip), مشبك الملابس, مسمار (brad, nail, rivet, spike, staple, tack), مسمار صغير (tack), علق الآمال. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кегла (skittle, skittle-pin, tenpin), притискам (constrict, embosom, jam, pin down, pinch, press, press down, screw, snuggle, squeeze, strain, strangulate, throng, weight down), пробойник, пръчка на флагче, безопасна игла (clasp-pin, safety pin), буре (cask, keg), жегла, забождам с топлийка, закрепям с топлийка, ос (axis, axle, axletree, kingbolt, shaft, shank, spindle, stalk, tree), игла (aiguille, needle, prick, pricker, quill, spine), карфица, щифтче в център на мишена, контактен щифт, шпилка (dowel, tenon), шенкелов болт (pintle), топлийка, точилка (rolling pin), фиба (barrette, hairclip, hairpin, slide), фуркет (hairpin), цапфа (gudgeon, journal, teat, tenon, tongue, wrist, wrist pin), щифт (axle pin, dowel, locking-finger, nog, peg, pintle, plug, splint, sprig, toggle), гвоздей в център на мишена. (various references) | |
Catalan | agulla de cap (needle). (various references) | |
Chinese | 針 (injection, needle), 別針 , 别针 (Brooch, pin-out, pin-up). (various references) | |
Czech | přišpendlit, pól (pole), připíchnout (tack), připevnit (affix, attach, belay, brace, fasten, fix, Mount, pin down, strap, tag, tail), roubík (gag, picket, setting-stick), sepnout (clasp, pin together), svorka (brace, clip, dog, paper clip, staple), zavřít (close, close down, coop up, fasten, imprison, shut, shut down, turn off), vlásenka (hairpin), špendlík, kolíèek (peg, spill), jehlice, cvok (hobnail, loon, nutcase, stud), brož (brooch), èípek (cervix, plug, suppositious, suppository, uvula), kolík (baton, dossil, peg, pivot, plug). (various references) | |
Danish | knappenål (needle). (various references) | |
Dutch | kegel (cone). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pinglo (needle), keglo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | strýta, nál (needle), keyla. (various references) | |
Farsi | میله چوبی(دربولینگ), میخ کوچک ساعت , محورکوچکی که چیزی دوران بگردد, متصل کردن به , گیره کاغذ (Clip, Staple), گیره لباس (Clothespin), گیره سر, گیره (Bend, Clamp, Cleat, Dog, Jaw, Nip, Pawl, Pincer, Retainer, Trigger), گیرافتادن (Stick, Strand, Tangle), سنجاق زدن به , سنجاق , دستگیره در, باسنجاق محکم کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | neula (needle). (various references) | |
French | épingle (scarf pin). (various references) | |
Frisian | spjelde (needle). (various references) | |
German | Stift (ball-point, Brad, cathedral chapter, crayon, diocese, felt tip, foundation, gib, nail, nib, panel pin, peak, peg, pen, pencil, pivot, point, seminary, spike, summit, tack, tip), Stecknadel (needle), Nadel (brooch, hook, needle, spicule, stylus), Kegel (beam, cone, cones, ninepin, ninepins, skittle, tenpin), anheften (attach, clinch, fasten, fasten on, fix on, peg, pin down, pin up, tack, tack on, tacking, tape on, to clinch, to pin), Zapfen (bung, cone, draw, faucet, gudgeon, icicle, pull, spigot, spigots, stopper, tap, tenon, trunnion, trunnions). (various references) | |
Greek | καρφίτσα (broach, brooch, clasp, cotter). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחט (needle, spine), מסמרת (clinch, dowel, rivet), מסמר (gad, nail, peg, rivet, stud), יתד (nail, pale, peg, stake, strut, stud, tack, wedge), לחבר בסיכה, לרתק (bind, enchant, join, spellbind, tie up), וו (hasp, hook, peg), פין (penis), פריפה (buckle, safety pin), ציר (axis, axle, hinge, mandrill, pivot, pole, spindle), סכה (brooch, clip, nail, pinpoint). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tû (needle). (various references) | |
Indonesian | peniti (brooch), mencocok (fasten, prick, puncture, string), mencantum (bring together, close, fuse), lencana (badge, emblem, insignia), cocok (acceptable, agree, appropriate, apt, befit, come true, compatible, corespond, correct, jibe, like, palatable, suit, suitable, tally). (various references) | |
Italian | perno (axis, axle, gib, gudgeon, hinge, hub, kingpin, mainstay, pivot, spindle, stud, support, swivel), chiodo (fixed idea, nail, piton, Spike, stud, tack). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 留め針 , ピロ燐酸 (from the best to the worst, off the point, out of focus, pyrophosphoric acid), 暗証番号 (password number). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ピン , あんしょうばんごう (password number), とめばり. (various references) | |
Korean | 핀. (various references) | |
Manx | kiangley (anchoring, anchoring building, article, article to trade, attach, band, bandage, bandaging, belay, bend, bind, bind down, binding, bond, bow knot, bundle, compress, condition, condition terms, connect, constipate, constrain, dress, dressing, envoy, envoy of poem, fasten down, fastening, influence, involvement, juncture, link, lock, lock in, locking, make fast, nexus, obligation, pinion, relationship, retain, retention, secure, shackle, stipulation, tether, tie, tie down, tie on, tie up, tying, vinculum), jialgaghey (pinning, prickle), freeney (cotter), freenaghey (pin up), cur freenaghyn ayn. (various references) | |
Norwegian | knappenål (needle). (various references) | |
Occitan | espinla, cavilha (peg). (various references) | |
Papiamen | prèkè (safety pin, safety-pin), frèkè (safety pin, safety-pin). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | inpay.(various references) | |
Polish | szpilka (needle). (various references) | |
Portuguese | alfinete (hairpin, kingpin, needle), pino (bolt, dowel, kingpin, tenon). (various references) | |
Romanian | prinde cu un ac, picioare (feet, pegs, pettitoes, prop, stump), cârlig de rufe (clothes pin, peg), ţintã (aim, blaze, butt, clout, design, end, goal, hobnail, ideal, nail, object, objective, peg, purport, purpose, pursuit, tack, target, weltnail, whither), ţintui (arrest, charm, clench, clinch, fascinate, fasten, fasten on, fasten upon, fix, nail, nail down, peg at, rivet, stud, tack), ac cu gãmãlie, ac de pãr (hairpin), ac de siguranţã (safety pin), axã (axes, axis, axle), ţãruş (cleat, pale, peg, picket, spile, stake), bold (sting), vârf ascuţit (needle, Spike), catalige (broomsticks, drumsticks, stilts), cui (cotter, nail, peg, rough, Spike, sprig, stud, whose), fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, immobilize, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune), fixa cu un ac de pãr, strãpunge (Gore, penetrate, perforate, Pierce, pink, puncture, Ray, riddle, stab, transfix, tunnel), bolţ (bolt, finger, gudgeon). (various references) | |
Russian | булавка (needle, safety pin, stickpin, stick-pin). (various references) | |
Scottish | dealg (a pin, skewer), cnag (a crack, a pin, knob, peg, thowlpin), bior (pointed, prickle, spit, stake, thorn). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prikačiti (append, attach, hold up, hook, hook on, impute, pin up, stick), pridenuti, pribosti, značka (badge, tally, token), zakačiti (graze, hook, interlock, snag), kegla (kingpin), čivija (bolt, linchpin), čioda (drawing pin), špenadla. (various references) | |
Spanish | alfiler (needle), perno (bolt, pintle). (various references) | |
Swedish | nål (indicator, needle, stylus), knappnål (needle), stift (Brad, canonry, diocese, Flint, needle, peg, pencil, pins, style, tack). (various references) | |
Turkish | pim (Gib, gudgeon, pintle), mecbur etmek (coerce, compel, constrain, cow smb. into, force, obligate, oblige, pin down, railroad, railroad into doing, reduce, subject), bacak (crural, leg, limb, paw, shank, shin, stump), broş (brooch, fibula, ouch), dübel ile tutturmak, firkete (bodkin, hairpin), iğne (brooch, injection, jab, needle, pintle, pointer, prick, shot, spicule, spine, sting, stinger), iğnelemek (ironize, needle, pin up, prickle, quip, stick), kuka (ball of thread, skittle), akort anahtarı (wrest), mandal (clothes peg, clothes pin, fastener, latch, ratch, ratchet), yüklemek (ascribe, burden, charge, embark, encumber, fasten, fasten on, father, foist, freight, hand over, heap, impose, impute, inflict, Lade, lay, lay on, lay smth. at one's door, load, offload, overlay, pitch, plant, put, put down, saddle, shift, stack, store, weight), mil (Arbor, axle, axle tree, cannon, gudgeon, mile, milliary, pintle, pivot, probe, shaft, spindle, style, stylus, tree), raptiye (clip, drawing pin, fastener, paper clip, staple, tack, thumbtack), rozet (badge, rosette), sıkıştırmak (astringe, be urgent with smb., bear against, besiege, bombard, bottle up, clamp, clamp down, clinch, come down on, compact, compress, constrict, crowd, crush, drive smb. to the wall, dun, force, grind, grip, heckle, hurry, hustle, impact, impress, incarcerate, jam, jam in, lean on, lean upon, oppress, pin down, pinch, ply, ply with, press, press for, press smb. close, push, push smb. to the wall, rush, shut in, slip into, squeeze, straiten, stress, tighten, tuck, wedge, weigh), toplu iğne, tutturmak (attach, be hung up on, bind, bond, braid, clasp, clip, fasten, hasp, infix, insist, latch, rub in, seam together, stereotype, stick, stick together, tack, tack together), lobut (club, cudgel, indian club). (various references) | |
Turkmen | temenge (safety pin). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | штифт (pintle), шпилька (barb, nip, preen, tenon, wisecrack), канцелярська кнопка, брошка (broach, brooch), проколювати (broach, impale, peg, prick, prickle, puncture, skewer), притиснути, приколювати. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phấn khởi cảm giác tê tê buồn buồn, kẹp chốt, ghim, đinh ghim cặp. (various references) | |
Welsh | pin (pen). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acariae, acus, adfigat, adfigens, adfigentes, adfiget, adfigi, adfixerat, adfixerunt, adfixi, adfixit, pinna. (various references) |
| Old North French | 1200-1500 | taque. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 15, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ei lhmyontai ex authV xulon tou poihsai eiV ergasian ei lhmyontai ex authV passalon tou kremasai ep' auton pan skeuoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Numquid tolletur de ea lignum ut fiat opus aut fabricabitur de ea paxillus ut dependeat in eo quodcumque vas |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whether a tree shal be takyn of it, that werk be maad? or a litil paal shal be forchid of it, that eny maner vessel hange in it? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Shall wood be taken of it to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel upon it? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 15, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Pagakuhaan ba kana ug kahoy aron buhaton sa bisan unsa nga buhat? kun ang mga tawo magakuha ba gikan niana ug usa ka tarogo aron sa pagbitay ug bisan unsa nga sudlanan? |
| Chinese | 其 上 可 以 取 木 料 作 甚 麼 工 用 、 可 以 取 來 作 釘 子 掛 甚 麼 器 皿 麼 。 |
| Croatian | Služi li da se od njega štogod naèini? Djelja li se od njega klin da se o njega što objesi? |
| Danish | Tager man Gavntræ deraf? Eller tager man deraf en Knag til at hænge alskens Redskaber på? |
| Dutch | Wordt daarvan hout genomen, om een stuk werk te maken? Neemt men daarvan een pin, om enig vat daaraan te hangen? |
| Finnish | Otetaanko siitä puuta, josta tehdään tarviskalu? Otetaanko siitä vaarnaakaan, johon ripustetaan kaikkea tavaraa? |
| French | Prend-on de ce bois pour fabriquer un ouvrage? En tire-t-on une cheville pour y suspendre un objet quelconque? |
| German | Nimmt man es auch und macht etwas daraus? Macht man auch nur einen Nagel daraus, daran man etwas hängen kann? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dapatkah kayunya dipakai untuk membuat sesuatu? Dapatkah dijadikan gantungan untuk menyangkutkan perkakas? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bolehkah diambil dari pada kayunya akan memperbuat sesuatu perkakas dari padanya? Bolehkah diambil barang pasak dari padanya akan menggantungkan padanya barang sesuatu serba? |
| Italian | Si adopera forse quel legno per farne un oggetto? Ci si fa forse un piolo per attaccarci qualcosa? |
| Maori | E tangohia mai ranei tetahi wahi o reira, hei mahinga i tetahi mahi? e tangohia ranei tetahi titi i reira hei whakairi mo tetahi mea? |
| Norwegian | Tar en vel ved av det for å bruke den til noget arbeid? Eller gjør nogen en nagle av den til å henge noget redskap på? |
| Portuguese | Tema-se dele madeira para fazer alguma obra? ou toma-se dele alguma estaca, para se lhe pendurar algum traste? |
| Rumanian | Ia oare cineva din lemnul acesta, ca sq facq vreo lucrare? Face cineva din el vreun ckrlig de atkrnt ceva kn el? |
| Spanish | ¿Tomarán de su madera para hacer algún objeto? ¿Tomarán de ella siquiera una estaca para colgar de ella cualquier utensilio? |
| Swedish | Tager man väl virke därav till att förfärdiga något nyttigt? Gör man ens därav en plugg för att på den hänga upp någonting? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pin": pina, pinafore, pinafored, pinafores, pinang, pinangs, pinas, pinaster, pinasters, pinata, pinatas, pinball, pinballs, pinbone, pinbones, pincer, pincerlike, pincers, pinch, pinchbeck, pinchbecks, pinchbug, pinchbugs, pincheck, pinchecks, pinched, pincher, pinchers, pinches, pinching, pinchpenny, pincushion, pincushions, pinder, pinders, pindling, pine, pineal, pinealectomies, pinealectomize, pinealectomized, pinealectomizes, pinealectomizing, pinealectomy, pineals, pineapple, pineapples, pinecone, pinecones, pined, pinedrops. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "pin": adrenocorticotropin, atropin, backspin, candlepin, chinkapin, chinquapin, chopin, clothespin, corticotropin, crankpin, driftpin, duckpin, gonadotropin, hairpin, harpin, hatpin, headpin, isospin, jalapin, kingpin, lapin, linchpin, lipin, lipotropin, lupin, luteotropin, lynchpin, ninepin, orpin, overspin, pippin, pushpin, repin, rifampin, scarfpin, sculpin, sidespin, somatotropin, spin, stickpin, tailspin, tenpin, terrapin, tholepin, thoroughpin, thyrotropin, tiepin, topspin, tropin, underpin, underspin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pin": adrenocorticotropins, affenpinscher, affenpinschers, airdropping, alpine, alpinely, alpines, alpinism, alpinisms, alpinist, alpinists, antidumping, aping, atropine, atropines, atropins, backdropping, backslapping, backspins, backstopping, barhopping, becapping, beclasping, bedraping, beekeeping, beekeepings, beeping, beleaping, benzodiazepine, benzodiazepines, bethumping, beweeping, bewrapping, bipinnate, bipinnately, bishoping, blacktopping, bleeping, blipping, blooping, bookkeeping, bookkeepings, bootstrapping, bopping, bullwhipping, bumpiness, bumpinesses, bumping, burping, campiness, campinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Pin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apin, epin, ipen, ipn, ipu, opin, opinn, pahn, pann, pbi, pbn, pdi, peinz, penf, Pgii, phin, p'i, pian, pib, pid, pien, pif, pign, pih, pii, piiz, pij, p'ij, pik, pim, pinc, pind, pini, pinj, pinn, pino, pinr, Pinu, piq, piv, piw, piy, piz, plin, pmi, pn, poin, pon, povn, ppan, ppen, prin, Prinn, prn, ptn, puin, punn, Pvi, Pxi, pyan, pyn, qpi, tpin, upin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pin" (pronounced pi"n) |
| 3 | p i" n | spin. |
| 2 | -i" n | fin, akin, been, begin, Berlin, bin, Brin, chagrin, chin, din, gin, grin, herein, inn, Jin, kin, Lin, Linn, Quin, shin, sin, skin, syn, therein, thin, tin, twin, violin, wherein, win, within, Wynn, Yin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nip. | |
| Words within the letters "i-n-p" | |
-1 letter: in, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-n-p" | |
+1 letter: nipa, nips, pain, pein, pian, pina, pine, ping, pink, pins, pint, piny, pion, pirn, pyin, snip, spin. | |
+2 letters: apian, aping, genip, gipon, inapt, inept, input, lapin, lipin, lupin, nipas, nippy, opine, oping, opsin, orpin, pains, paint, panic, patin, pavin, peins, pekin, penis, penni, piano, pians, piing, pinas, pinch, pined, pines, piney, pingo, pings, pinko, pinks, pinky, pinna, pinny, pinon, pinot, pinta, pinto, pints, pinup, pions, pirns, piton, plain, plink, poind, point, prink, print, prion, purin, pyins, repin, ripen, snipe, snips, spine, spins, spiny, unhip, unpin, unrip, unzip. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Bible Trace 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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