Definition: 1. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment. 2. When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat. 3. Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. 4. Informal terms of the leg.
Use 'pin' in a sentence:
1. Apple Maps will place a pin at the position where your car is parked.
2. They used steel pins to hold everything in place.
3. I'd try to get away and he'd pin me down, saying he would kill me.
4. She'd do anything for a bit of pin money.
5. Each time you remember the new PIN, you gradually forget the old one.
6. No one would admit responsibility. They all tried to pin the blame on someone else.
7. He tried to pin me down, but I resisted.
8. If a purchaser fails to punch in the correct PIN at the checkout, the transaction gets rejected.
9. Making pasta by hand with a rolling pin can be a real chore.
10. He was sure he would pin down the enemy between two firing lines.
11. Everyone was supposed to dance with the bride and pin money on her dress.
12. I need the up-to-date sales figures but I can never pin him down at the office.
13. If the wheel axle pin squeaked, or the beam had sapwood in it, or the haystack leaned, everyone in the village would know who had done these.
14. You can't pin this one on me—I wasn't even there!
15. To remember your ATM PIN (4298, say), imagine yourself on a sailboat when a swan tries to attack you.
16. Figure 3 shows the pin area in use.
17. The room was so still that you could have heard a pin drop.
18. The cause of the disease is difficult to pin down precisely.
19. Some decisions, such as wall thickness and pin diameter, may depend on scientific calculations, but the nonscientific component of design remains primary.
20. She always wears her hair pinned back.
21. If you pin people down, they will tell you some puzzling things about stress.
22. I can only pin it down to between 1936 and 1942.
23. You can't pin this one on me ─ I wasn't even there!
24. They found him pinned under the wreckage of the car.
25. He pricks holes in the foil with a pin.
26. He supports the group and wears its pin on his lapel.
27. Joe took a pin out of his lapel and began to assist in exercising the prisoner.
28. Use pins to keep the braid in place as you work.
29. He reached out and lent a hand with his pin.
30. She pinned the badge onto her jacket.
31. An earlier effort by Target to move to chip and PIN never gained progress.
32. He grabbed her arms and pinned them to her sides.
33. There's not a lump as big as a pin!
34. It has taken until now to pin down its exact location.
35. They're trying to pin it on us.
36. Prick holes in the paper with a pin.
37. They pinned him against a wall and stole his wallet.
38. I'd kill him for two pins.
39. To use the service you'll need a PIN number.
40. Pin all the pieces of material together.
41. A row of medals was pinned to the breast of his coat.
42. I pinned the notice up on the wall.
43. Chip and PIN is designed to combat credit card fraud.
44. She couldn't pin him down to a date.
45. It's difficult to pin her down to fixing a date for a meeting.
46. The audience was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.
47. Any true lover casting a pin into the fountain and gazing into it will see his or her future partner.
48. Cleanse your face thoroughly and pin back your hair.
49. She built it into a little business to earn pin money.
