pin

[US]/pɪn/
[UK]/pɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end, used especially for temporarily holding pieces of cloth together or attaching things to a surface
vt. to attach or fasten with a pin

Phrases & Collocations

safety pin

hairpin

bowling pin

rolling pin

clothespin

pins and needles

pin down

piston pin

pin hole

ejector pin

on the pin

guide pin

pin on

pin number

angle pin

crank pin

pin up

cotter pin

pin money

pivot pin

pin roll

Example Sentences

pin a note on the door.

They are pining for home.

How to pin on a Boutonniere?

to perforate something with a pin

they were gawking at some pin-up.

this ignorant, pin-brained receptionist.

pins secure the handle to the main body.

Green pines laugh in the breeze.

didn't care a pin about the matter.

was finally able to pin down the cause of the disease.

pined away and died.

I ran a pin into my thumb.

She wore the pin in plain sight.

She is pining to travel abroad.

He was football’s first pin-up boy.

Pines predominate the forest there.

the head of a pin; a head of land overlooking the harbor.

the pin prick had produced a drop of blood.

The young pines have struck roots.

Real-world Examples

You ready to knock down some pins?

Source: Modern Family Season 6

You know the pin Tommy gave me?

Source: Deadly Women

It's time to take the pin out.

Source: Volume 3

Let's put a pin in the arrest.

Source: Billions Season 1

Grubs, what are those pins they're wearing?

Source: Go blank axis version

So here, I have these pins in the eyes.

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2021 Collection

" Watch where you're sticking that pin, will you! "

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

All right, we'll put a pin in it.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

They're bigger and they always have three pins.

Source: Grandpa and Grandma's grammar class

There are hundreds of little red pins stuck in it.

Source: New Standard High School English Compulsory Volume 4 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

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