Clues for the word "PIN"

We've had 362 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 845 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 22, 2026.

Definition of pin

v. t. - To peen.
v. t. - To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
n. - A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
n. - Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
n. - Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
n. - That which resembles a pin in its form or use
n. - A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
n. - A linchpin.
n. - A rolling-pin.
n. - A clothespin.
n. - A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
n. - The tenon of a dovetail joint.
n. - One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
n. - The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
n. - Mood; humor.
n. - Caligo. See Caligo.
n. - An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
n. - The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
n. - To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.