Word Meaning

pins definition and meaning

v. t. To peen.
v. t. To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
n. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
n. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
n. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
n. That which resembles a pin in its form or use
n. A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
n. A linchpin.
n. A rolling-pin.
n. A clothespin.
n. A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
n. The tenon of a dovetail joint.
n. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
n. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
n. Mood; humor.
n. Caligo. See Caligo.
n. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
n. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
n. To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

Crossword clues for pins

- Access code
- As neat as a ...
- Cook’s utensil, rolling ...
- digital location coordinates
- Fasten
- Fastening device
- Narrow brooch
- Nip back to get bank ID number
- Nip up and get golf flagpole
- Pastry tool, rolling ...
- Pointed metal fastener
- Tailor’s spike
- Thumb tack, drawing ...
- Writing implement
- ... and needles
- Badges
- Bowling targets
- Pastry tools, rolling ...
- Security codes
- Snip back flagpoles on the links
- Tailor’s aids used to snip back