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Pins

/pɪnz/

To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.

📖 Definitions of "Pins"

verb
  1. 1

    To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.

noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

  3. 3

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

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

  4. 4

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

verb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    To pin down (someone).

  4. 4

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

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