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Meaning of "pushpin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUSHPIN

pushpin  [ˈpʊʃˌpɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUSHPIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pushpin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUSHPIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pushpin

Drawing pin

A thumb tack or push pin is a short nail or pin used to fasten items to a wall or board for display and intended to be inserted by hand, generally without the assistance of tools. A variety of names are used to refer to different designs intended for various purpose. Thumb tack and push pin are both sometimes compounded or hyphenated. Thumb tacks made of brass, tin or iron may be referred to as brass tacks, brass pins, tin tacks or iron tacks, respectively. These terms are particularly used in the idiomatic expression to come down to brass tacks, meaning to consider basic facts of a situation. Drawing pin or drawing-pin refers to thumb tacks used to hold drawings on drawing boards. Map pin or map tack refers to thumb tacks used to mark locations on a map and to hold the map in place.

Definition of pushpin in the English dictionary

The definition of pushpin in the dictionary is a pin with a small ball-shaped head.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUSHPIN


axle-pin
ˈæksəlˌpɪn
breastpin
ˈbrɛstˌpɪn
candlepin
ˈkændəlˌpɪn
crankpin
ˈkræŋkˌpɪn
driftpin
ˈdrɪftˌpɪn
duckpin
ˈdʌkˌpɪn
hairpin
ˈhɛəˌpɪn
hatpin
ˈhætˌpɪn
headpin
ˈhɛdˌpɪn
inchpin
ˈɪntʃˌpɪn
kingpin
ˈkɪŋˌpɪn
linchpin
ˈlɪntʃˌpɪn
lynchpin
ˈlɪntʃˌpɪn
ninepin
ˈnaɪnˌpɪn
scarfpin
ˈskɑːfˌpɪn
tenpin
ˈtɛnˌpɪn
tholepin
ˈθəʊlˌpɪn
thoroughpin
ˈθʌrəˌpɪn
tiepin
ˈtaɪˌpɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUSHPIN

pushchair
pushdown
pushed
pusher
pushful
pushfully
pushfulness
pushier
pushiest
pushiness
pushing
pushing up the daisies
pushingly
pushingness
Pushkin
pushover
pushrod
Pushto
Pushtu
pushy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUSHPIN

Chaliapin
Chopin
Crispin
galopin
gonadotropin
lapin
lupin
on the spin
pippin
repin
rolling pin
sculpin
spin
stick pin
terrapin
thyrotropin
topspin
Turpin
underpin
wrist pin

Synonyms and antonyms of pushpin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pushpin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUSHPIN

Find out the translation of pushpin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pushpin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pushpin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

图钉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chincheta
570 millions of speakers

English

pushpin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नक़्शे की पिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدبوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

канцелярской кнопки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alfinete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুশপিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

punaise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pushpin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reißzwecke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

画鋲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

압정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pushpin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đinh ghim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வடிவ பின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुशपिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

raptiye
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puntina da disegno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pinezki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

канцелярської кнопки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pushpin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πινέζα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pushpin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kartnål
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stiften
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pushpin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUSHPIN»

The term «pushpin» is normally little used and occupies the 109.265 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUSHPIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pushpin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pushpin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pushpin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUSHPIN»

Discover the use of pushpin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pushpin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat: A Comedy of ...
'Fancy some pushpin?' Gregory inquired. 'Pushkin?' he said. 'Well, yes, it's been a good many years since I read Pushkin.' Gregory looked surprised. 'Well, I do have some Pushkin,' he said, 'but what I actually said was pushpin, not Pushkin.
Steven Lukes, 1996
2
Programming MapPoint in .NET
symbol is the black pushpin, represented by 0. The valid range for the standard sym- bols is 0–255. You can also add customized pushpins, but the identity must be in the range of 256–32,766. For a full list of available symbols, see the online  ...
Chandu Thota, 2006
3
Human Law and Human Justice
A utilitarian using the pleasure calculus could then still consistently say that " since in fact experienced choosers don't plump for even a first unit of pushpin until they are gorged with poetry, in that sense poetry as a class is higher on the scale of ...
Julius Stone, 1965
4
Microsoft Mapping: Geospatial Development with Bing Maps and C#
Setting. the. location. of. a. pushpin. If we wanted to specify the location ofthe pushpin to a location other than the center ofthe map, then we change the create pushpin command to: var pushpin = new Microsoft.Maps.Pushpin( new Microsoft.
Ray Rischpater, Carmen Au, 2013
5
John Stuart Mill: Critical Assessments
90. Poetry,. Pushpin,. and. Utility*. M. Bronfenbrenner. •Source: Economic Inquiry, vol. 15, 1977, pp. 95-1 10. "Quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as poetry." — Jeremy Bentham, The Rationale of Reward.^ "It is quite ...
John Cunningham Wood, 1991
6
Creative Metal Crafts: 25 Beautiful Projects for Your Home
Saw out the back pushpin layers on the dotted line. 3. On the front pushpin layers , use the bastard file and needle files to make the saw lines even and smooth. 4. Use the scribe to trace the back layer template onto pieces of the colored ...
Joanna Gollberg, 2005
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Windows Phone 7.5
Using your own pushpin style We saw how to use the image as a layer instead of a pushpin. Some developers would not want to work with a pushpin in this way. The Image and Pushpin classes are quite different in their own sense, each ...
Zeeshan Chawdhary, 2012
8
Windows Phone 7.5 Unleashed
Add(mapLayer); Pushpin pushpin = new Pushpin { Content = "Pushpin Example" }; mapLayer.AddChild(pushpin, map.Center, PositionOrigin.Center); The result is depicted in Figure 16.11. The appearance of the Pushpin can be customized ...
Daniel Vaughan, 2012
9
Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 2: Build a Secret Agent Arsenal
sticky note paperclips tape pushpin Range: 8–20 feet Pushpin Darts are awesome! Equipped with a factory-molded integrated metal point, each dart is extremely durable. Its simple shaft and flight design is constructed from paper clips and ...
John Austin, 2011
10
Microsoft Office 2010: Illustrated Fundamentals
Scroll down, click the Pushpin theme, then click the Create button The Pushpin theme is applied to the new presentation, as shown in Figure M-4. 3. Click the File tab, click Save As, navigate to where you store your Data Files, type M- Product ...
Marjorie Hunt, Barbara Waxer, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUSHPIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pushpin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Spurs fan made an awesome portrait of Boris Diaw using almost …
According to r/NBA, a San Antonio Spurs fan from China spent 20 days building a pushpin portrait of Boris Diaw. Apparently, the total number of pins it took was ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
2
Spurs fan in China made a Boris Diaw portrait out of pushpins
It is a long way until the NBA's regular season starts up again in late October, so one San Antonio Spurs fan in China has decided to kill some time by making a ... «SI.com, Jul 15»
3
Pushpin in apple fritters believed to be 'isolated' incident
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is investigating a complaint of food tampering, after a pushpin was discovered in a package of apple fritters in Corner ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
4
Pushpin 4.0 Adds Offline Support & More
A little over a year since the release of Pushpin 3 which was a major overhaul of the app and much needed for iOS 7, Pushpin today has been updated to ... «Beautiful Pixels, May 15»
5
This Clever Pushpin Won't Damage Your Prints
Framing is expensive, especially if you want to frame a non-standard-sized print. But the alternatives aren't great: you can either scotch tape your print to the wall ... «Co.Design, Feb 15»
6
The Pon: A US-Made Combination Pushpin/Paper Clip
I needed a solution that was just as simple as a push-pin that could achieve this flexibility and strength. I've worked over the last year prototyping, getting a ... «Core77.com, Feb 15»
7
New Horizons Teacher Assistant Sentenced in Pushpin Attack on …
A former teacher assistant at the New Horizons Center for Autism in Yorktown pleaded guilty Thursday of assault and battery for abusing a child with a pushpin. «Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, Jan 15»
8
Pushpin for Pinboard updated with improvements, optimized for iOS …
Specifically, the new version of the app offers support for share extensions for direct saving to Pushpin (i.e., Pinboard) from other apps and integration with the ... «AppAdvice, Oct 14»
9
Family says questions remain about pushpin death of 'Miss Meaghan'
Five-year-old Meaghan Levy died at a Frisco elementary school in December, 2013 after ingesting a pushpin. "We can't even begin to grieve," said Erika ... «WFAA, May 14»
10
Pushpin For Pinboard Updated With Main Screen And Tagging …
Pushpin for Pinboard has just been updated with improvements to its main screen and its handling of tags. The latest update to the popular Pinboard client for ... «AppAdvice, Mar 14»

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