Meaning

noun a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

noun when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

noun small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pen (“enclosure”). Cognate with Dutch…

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