pushpin

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English

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Etymology

From push +‎ pin.

Pronunciation

Noun

pushpin (countable and uncountable, plural pushpins)

  1. (countable) A small pin with a head made for gripping with the fingers, to be pushed into a bulletin board so as to pin papers to it; especially, such a pin with a cylindrical head.
    Coordinate terms: drawing pin, thumbtack
    • , US Patent 654319:
      My invention relates to improvements in what are termed “push-pins,” said pins being adapted to support one article upon another and being particularly employed for holding photographic films stretched upon a surface, such as a board, for drying and the like.]
    • 2009 January 28, “Mexicans turning to black magic in hopes of defeating U.S.”, in Toronto Star‎:
      An illustration showed a pair of scissors slicing off the leg of a doll […] stuck with pushpins.
  2. (archaic, uncountable) An old children's game where pins are placed on a table and each player tries to push his pin so as to cross the other's.

Translations

thumbtack — see thumbtack

Verb

pushpin (third-person singular simple present pushpins, present participle pushpinning, simple past and past participle pushpinned)

  1. (transitive) To fasten with a thumbtack.

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