A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point, used especially for fastening.
Something, such as a safety pin, that resembles such a piece of wire in shape or use.
A whit; a jot: didn't care a pin about the matter.
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:
A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.
A peg for fixing the crown to the root of a tooth.
A cotter pin.
The part of a key stem entering a lock.
Music One of the pegs securing the strings and regulating their tension on a stringed instrument.
Nautical A belaying pin.
Nautical A thole pin.
An ornament fastened to clothing by means of a clasp.
A rolling pin.
Sports One of the wooden clubs at which the ball is aimed in bowling.
Sports A flagstick.
Sports See fall.
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 Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.
Computer Science Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.
Computer Science 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.
To hold fast; immobilize: The passenger was pinned under the wreckage of the truck.