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pushpins

pushpins is the plural of pushpin.

pushpins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pushpin.

Meaning of pushpin

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.
    • 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.[1900 July 24, Edwin Moore, Push-Pin, US Patent 654319
  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.

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Questions about pushpins

What is pushpins the plural of?
Pushpins is the plural of pushpin.

Words near pushpins in the dictionary

  1. Pushpanjali
  2. Pushpesh
  3. pushpin
  4. pushpinned
  5. pushpinning
  6. pushpins
  7. pushpit
  8. pushpits
  9. pushrim
  10. pushrims
  11. pushrod

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