pin

Topic: OTHER SPORTS

Language:	Old English
Origin:	pinn

pin
1 noun

pin1 S3 See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

[countable]

for joining/fastening

a) a short thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth while making clothes

b) a thin piece of metal used to fasten things together, especially broken bones

jewellery

DCJ American English a piece of metal, sometimes containing jewels, that you fasten to your clothes to wear as a decoration [= brooch British English]

electrical

TEE British English one of the pieces of metal that sticks out of an electric plug:

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a three-pin plug

bowling

DSO one of the bottle-shaped objects that you try to knock down in a game of bowling

you could hear a pin drop

spoken used to say that it is very quiet and no one is speaking

part of bomb

a short piece of metal which you pull out of a hand grenade to make it explode a short time later

golf

a metal stick with a flag at the top which marks the holes on a golf course

for two pins I'd ...

British English old-fashioned used to say that you would like to do something to someone because they have annoyed you:

For two pins, I'd just send them all home.

pins

[plural] British English informal legs

➔ drawing pin , pin money , pins and needles (1), rolling pin , safety pin

Definition of pin from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic OTHER SPORTS