Pin may refer to:
- Pin (device), device used for fastening objects or material together
- Award pin, a small piece of metal or plastic with a pin attached given as an award for some achievement
- An electric interconnection, in electrical engineering. An award pin is a small object usually made from Metal or Plastic, with a pin on the back presented as an Award of achievement or a mark of appreciation For example a metal wire coming out of an integrated circuit or transistor. Often also referred to as a lead. In Electronics, a lead has two meanings An electrical connection consisting of a length of wire or soldering pad ( smd) that comes from a device Pins are enumerated to avoid ambiguity in technical drawings and literature.
- Bridge pin, a vertical wire on the bridge of keyboard instruments such as the piano and harpsichord that is used to control the string resonances
- Pin, half a firkin, or 4. Bridge pins are used on some musical instruments to locate the string precisely in the horizontal plane and in the case of harpsichords to affect the Sustain of the A Firkin is an old English unit of volume The name is derived from the Middle Dutch word vierdekijn which means 5 Imperial gallons.
- Pin, Haute-Saône, a commune of the Haute-Saône département, in France
- Pin Oak Court, Vermont South, Australia. Pin is a village and commune in the Haute-Saône département, in the French region of Franche-Comté. Ramsay Street is a fictional residential street in the long-running Australian Soap opera Neighbours and is located in the fictional suburb of Also known as Ramsay Street in the Aussie soap opra 'Neighbours'.
- Pin..., a 1988 cult horror movie
- Pin (song), a song by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their debut album, Fever to Tell (2003)
- Pin, nickname of actress, model, and singer Kejmanee Pichaironnarongsongkram. Pin, or Pin A Plastic Nightmare is a Canadian cult film starring David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston and Terry O'Quinn " Pin " is a single by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their Debut album, Fever to Tell (2003
- Graham 'Pin' Pinney, guitarist from the band sikth
- Personal identification number, a sequence of numbers used for security. A personal identification number (PIN is a secret numeric Password shared between a user and a system that can be used to authenticate the user to the system
- PINS, or Person In Need of Supervision, a truant in Family Court. Person in need of supervision, or PINS is a term frequently used by social services agencies in the United States to describe a juvenile who is not currently
In sports and strategy games pin may refer to:
- Pin (chess), a scenario where if a lesser piece is under attack and moves away, it would reveal a more valuable piece
- Pin (amateur wrestling), the primary way of winning an amateur wrestling match
- Pin (professional wrestling), a way of winning a professional wrestling match
- Pin (bridge), a manoeuver to drop an opponent's lower-ranking card by leading a high one. In Chess, a pin is a situation brought on by an attacking piece in which a defending piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece on its other side to capture A pinfall, a pin, or a fall (the first term most commonly used in Professional wrestling) is a victory condition in various forms of wrestling In bridge, Whist and similar games the term pin refers to the lead of a higher card from one hand to capture a singleton of lower rank in an opponent's hand
- Grappling hold#Pinning hold, a hold used to control an opponent in grappling
- Bowling pins, which must be knocked down by the bowling ball
See also
Bowling pins are the target of the Bowling ball in various Bowling games including tenpins, five-pins, duck A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material togetherDictionary
pin
-noun
- A small device, made (usually) of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
- Any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector.
- A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
- (US) 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.
- (chess) A scenario in which the movement of a lesser piece that is under attack and moves away would reveal a more valuable piece.
- (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
-verb
- (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (chess, usually, in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
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