Meaning

3 senses
  1. A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall.

    pin-ups on every wall of their dorm room

    Pin-up

    пин-а́пpin-áp, пина́пpináp, фотогра́фия красо́ткиfotográfija krasótki

  2. (attributive, often)The person so depicted.

    pin-up girl

    Damn, she could be a pin-up, for real.

    Pin-up-Girl

    краса́вчикkrasávčik, красо́ткаkrasótka, пин-а́п гёрлpin-áp gjorl

  3. (figuratively)A figurehead, a person who represents an idea, cause, etc.

More definitions
  • a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
photograph:
person:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
photograph:
person:

Origin

Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication an

Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall.

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Forms

plural: pin-ups
Singularpin-up
Pluralpin-ups

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtack-up

See also

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