kuka

Phonetic: "/pɪn/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

Definition: A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

Definition: A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.

Example: Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.

Definition: The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.

Definition: A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.

Definition: (in plural) A leg.

Example: I'm not so good on my pins these days.

Definition: Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.

Example: The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.

Definition: A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.

Definition: A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.

Definition: A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.

Definition: The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole

Definition: The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)

Example: The shot landed right on the pin.

Definition: A mood, a state of being.

Definition: One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.

Definition: Caligo.

Definition: A thing of small value; a trifle.

Definition: A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

Definition: A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

Definition: The tenon of a dovetail joint.

Definition: A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.

Definition: A pinball machine.

Example: I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.

Phonetic: "/pɪn/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

Definition: (usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.

Definition: To pin down (someone).

Definition: To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

Definition: To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.

Example: to pin a window to the Taskbar

Definition: To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.

Example: When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.

Definition: To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.