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to repin

to repin

1 7.0
To save someone else's image or post again to your board on Pinterest
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈpɪn/
  • Jargon
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  • When you find an image you love on Pinterest, you can repin it to your own board to save it for later.

Examples

  • Well, this is weird, but I was just on Pinterest this morning actively looking for things to repin (what's wrong with that mindset?) and then it hit me: I should be pinning/photographing the things I already have.

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  • I could only repin images already pinned there by people I follow: how wrong was I?

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  • I did not want to bother with repinning my custom cables so I did the next best thing.

  • Then, share your video with all your friends on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, etc., and ask them to like, share, pin, repin, tweet, retweet, and vote for your video.

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  • Check out The Daily Meal's Around the World in 80 Desserts Pinterest board and repin your favorite desserts from around the world using #80Desserts on Pinterest.

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  • Zappos does it right with a variety of tightly themed, eye-popping boards comprised of user-generated content and its own that users can repin, which in turn creates a cascade of shares.

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  • Many users enjoy discovering new recipes on Pinterest and often repin their favorites to share with friends.

  • To build a collection of inspirational quotes, she often repins from various boards on Pinterest.

Synonyms

to repost
vsto repin
  • Texting
22 2.8

To share something again on social media

focuses on saving items into a personal collection rather than broad sharing
to retweet
vsto repin
  • Texting
22 2.6

To share someone else's tweet so people who follow you can see it

prioritizes saving into a personal collection instead of broadcasting to followers
to regram
vsto repin
  • Texting
8.6

To post someone else's Instagram photo or video again for your followers

saves content into a personal collection rather than publicly sharing it

Antonyms

to delete
287 2.0

To remove information like text or files so it cannot be seen

Surface Forms

repin infinitive
repinned past
repinned past participle
repinning present participle
repins third person singular

Morphology

repin = pin (transparent) = re + pin

The prefix 're-' adds the meaning 'again' to the social-media verb 'pin'.

Etymology

Repin has the parts re- 'again' and pin 'a saved picture or post on a site like Pinterest'. To repin something is to save or share that picture to your own board so you can keep it or show it to others.