1. pin - Noun
2. pin - Verb
Mood; humor.
To peen.
To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
That which resembles a pin in its form or use
A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
A linchpin.
A rolling-pin.
A clothespin.
A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
Caligo. See Caligo.
An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake. Akio Morita
Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers. Billy Bragg
It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair is like trying to pin jelly to a wall. Boris Johnson
When the affected lady is doing well she eats her peas with a pin. Jamaican Proverb
He has a head, and so has a pin. Portuguese Proverb
He takes out a nail and puts in a pin. Italian Proverb