pushpin
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- noun
- /ˈpʌʃˌpɪn/
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chincheta
- I found a pushpin on the floor after taking the paper down from the wall.
- sticking a pushpin
- add a pushpin
- pushpins on your map
Examples
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Standing on a stool, she hoisted her poster up on the green felt exhibition board and stuck in two red pushpins.
Fiction book (2000) -
A piece of cardboard was fastened to the door with a green pushpin.
Fiction book (1991) -
Teddy stopped rearranging the pushpins in the little bulletin board outside the door and looked at her.
Fiction book (1999) -
On Loretta's bulletin board is a map of the United States, with flags, pushpins, and air travel routes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rose marched over to the bulletin board by the phone, which had become a junkyard of mostly forgotten reminders stuck up with bright pushpins.
Fiction book (1998) -
He used a pushpin to attach the notice to the bulletin board.
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She decorated her board with colorful pushpins to hold up pictures of her friends.
Synonyms
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A short pin with a wide flat head used to hold papers on a board
A short pin with a flat head that attaches paper to a wall or board
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Morphology
Etymology
The word pushpin comes from the two words push ('to press') and pin ('a small metal point'), so imagine pushing a small pin into a board to hold a paper.