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pin

Definition

  • noun: a thin, pointed piece of stiff wire with a rounded head at one end that is used especially for fastening pieces of cloth
  • noun: a piece of solid material (as wood or metal) used especially for fastening things together or as a support by which one thing may be suspended from another
  • verb: to fasten or attach (something) with a pin
  • verb: to fasten, join, or secure with a pin
  • usually used in plural

Examples

  • The soldiers were 'pinned' down by enemy fire. [=the soldiers were unable to move because they were being shot at by the enemy]

  • She's always 'dropping names'. [=saying the names of famous people she knows to try to impress others]

  • Reporters tried to 'pin' him 'down' on the specific changes he wants to make to the tax laws.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I don't know. Ramsey said-- I wiII take care of Ramsey. Thanks a miIIion, I owe you one. ReaIIy big sungIasses, nerf baII... Bike horn... SmaII-mouthed bass... bowIing pin... mouse-trap... rubber chicken... - LittIe to the Ieft. That's it. - I don't know. Funny eyebaII gIasses... (..)
    1994 The Mask