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repin

repin

1 6.8
A pin from someone else that you add to your board on Pinterest
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛpɪn/
  • Jargon
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  • Pinterest is really just a fun site for me, and my Wanderlust board has the most repins and likes out of my 23 boards.

Examples

  • Apart from giving you a detailed report on the viewing statistics of your Pinterest account, it will also let you see the repin details of your account, most popular pins, and a precise analysis of your followers.

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  • For one, screen images will be larger, and we know who have done the repin thereof.

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  • On Pinterest, it's "repin."

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  • Pinfluencer is the top Pinterest analytics program aiding brands in measuring key numbers such as pins, repins, followers, and traffic.

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  • I wonder, to take another path than I usually do, what it means to belittle social media quantifiers (likes, shares, comments, friends, followers, RTs, favorites, reblogs, repins, and on and on).

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  • Many of my favorite images are from repins that my friends shared on Pinterest.

  • She found inspiration for her project through a repin that linked to an informative blog.

  • The popular recipe received thousands of repins, making it a favorite among users.

Synonyms

share
vsrepin
  • Texting
111 3.1

One act of posting someone else's content online

is specific to saving a particular type of content on a single social network
reblog
vsrepin
  • Texting
1 4.4

A post that shares someone else's content on a blog or social site

centres on saving visual content on one platform rather than reposting blog posts
reshare
vsrepin
  • Texting
3.5

An act of posting something again so more people see it

applies to saving a specific type of content on one visual platform

Surface Forms

repin singular
repins plural

Etymology

Repin comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and pin meaning a saved image or post, especially on sites like Pinterest. So a repin is a 'pin' someone shared from you again, which helps it reach more people.