pushpin

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. 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.

Verb

To fasten with a thumbtack.

Synonyms

drawing pin

thumbtack

push-pin

tack

Translations

punaise

🐛

Reißzwecke

puntina

punaise

raptiye

xinxeta

tacha

Reißnagel

cimice

puntina da disegno

Pinne

Heftzwecke

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpʊʃˌpɪn/

Etymology

From push + pin.