pins
/pɪnz/
pins is the plural of pin.
pins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pin.
Meaning of pin
Noun
pin (plural pins)
- 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.
- With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
- A cylindrical piece of solid material, 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.
- Synonyms:
- peg
- The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
- A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
- A leg.
- I'm not so good on my pins these days.
Noun (1) capitalized: PINS
PINS (plural PINS)
- Acronym of person in need of supervision (“a juvenile not currently living with a parent or guardian”).
Noun (2) capitalized: PINs
PINs
- plural of PIN
Forms of pins
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Phrases with pins
- pins on
- pins up
- Min Pins
- tie pins
- hair pins
- hook pins
- kilt pins
- pins back
- pins down
- push pins
- bobby pins
- crank pins
40 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Jesus pins
- kirby pins
- lapel pins
- nappy pins
- panel pins
- split pins
- taper pins
- thole pins
- wrist pins
- breech pins
- clevis pins
- cotter pins
- diaper pins
- firing pins
- picket pins
- row of pins
- safety pins
- spring pins
- banking pins
- corking pins
- drawing pins
- for two pins
- gudgeon pins
- minuten pins
- partial pins
- rolling pins
- absolute pins
- belaying pins
- coupling pins
- crimping pins
- crisping pins
- relative pins
- pins the meter
- escutcheon pins
- schoolgirl pins
- pins and needles
- on pins and needles
- pins one's hopes on
- pins back one's ears
- pins one's ears back
Words that rhyme with pins
Questions about pins
- What is pins the plural of?
- Pins is the plural of pin.
- What part of speech is pins?
- Pins is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pins?
- Pins is pronounced /pɪnz/.
- What is the plural of pins?
- The plural of pins is PINS.
Words near pins in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pins (page history and authors); PINS (page history and authors); PINs (page history and authors); pin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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