pin
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1.3
- noun
- /pɪn/
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- So the bowlers do their bowling and sometimes they knock down all the pins, which is called a what?
Like Olivia and Courtney kissed non-stop and then Keith sat on a bowling pin.
- Like Olivia and Courtney kissed non-stop and then Keith sat on a bowling pin.
- And you can in some places you can put up bumpers so that the ball doesn't go into the gutter so the kids can play and they'll just have fun hit the pins.
- Some person came in and said, I've invented a rubber bowling pin, which I thought did not have a close relationship to the fax market.
- Bowling with my buddies at the bowling alley and I'm not some pins down.
Examples
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This Boston likes to play candle pin bowling, which is a bit unusual.
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There are bowling pins mixed in with the wood.
Fiction book (1999) -
Well, who knocked down a pin all by himself?
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It's not enough to knock the pins down; you gotta break them besides.
Fiction book (1997) -
I want you to knock down all of the pins.
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We've created coastal bowling-pin communities; we set 'em up and the weather takes 'em down.
Blog text (18) -
Jugglers tossed bowling pins and empty cans of beer.
Fiction book (1996) -
Even the bowling pins.
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In bowling, players earn points by knocking down pins with a heavy ball.
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To win the game, you need to knock down all ten pins in one turn.
Synonyms
3
1.4
A heavy wooden thing shaped like a club that players try to knock down in bowling
2
9.0
A small, short bowling pin used in a type of bowling with smaller balls
1
6.5
One of the ten pins in the game of bowling that you knock down with a ball
1
8.8
A wooden pin in a game like bowling that players knock down
A small wooden target that players knock down in the game of skittles
A wooden pin used in a game like bowling
Thin upright bowling pin used in a type of bowling with small balls
The front pin of the ten pins in bowling
The front pin in the triangle of ten pins in bowling
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
5
6.8
A small metal part inside a gun that hits the cartridge to start the bullet moving
- Specialized
2
7.4
A metal pin with split ends that you put through a hole and bend apart to hold parts together
- Specialized
1
7.3
A set of small metal pins inside a lock that a key lines up to open it
- Neologism
1
2.7
A small metal object worn on clothing to show support for a person or group
- US
1
5.0
A large oak tree that grows fast with deeply cut leaves and bright red color in autumn
- Specialized
A pin people place across a post on a ship to stop a rope from slipping off
- Specialized
A small round metal or wooden rod that you put into holes in two pieces to hold them together
- Specialized
A metal pin that joins the piston to the connecting rod in an engine so the piston can turn slightly
A small to medium oak tree from east-central North America with leaves that have many sharp points
- Specialized
A small hard part inside a sirloin steak between the flat bone and the porterhouse
- Specialized
A small metal rod that joins a piston to the rod that moves it in an engine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pin for bowling comes from the old word pinn meaning 'peg', because the targets were originally wooden pegs. That's why the tall, narrow objects you knock down are called pins.