pin

1. A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

   Stecknadel, Nadel

   була́вкаbulávka, шпи́лькаšpílʹka

   була́вкаbulávka, шпи́лькаšpýlʹka

2. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

   Reißnagel, Heftzwecke

3. A cylindrical piece of solid material, often of wood or metal, used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.

   Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.

   Stift, Bolzen

   штифтštift

   a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things

4. The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.

   when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

5. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.

   Kegel

   ке́гляkéglja

6. (in the plural, informal)A leg.

   I'm not so good on my pins these days.

   но́жкаnóžka

   informal terms for the leg

7. Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.

   The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.

   Pin

   штырьštyrʹ, ца́пфаcápfa

8. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.

9. (US)A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.

   Anstecker, Anstecknadel, Pin

   бро́шкаbróška, брошьbrošʹ

10. Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.

    Fesselung

    клинklin

11. The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole

12. The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)

    The shot landed right on the pin.

1. Tom is hard to pin down.

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2. It's quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

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3. Tom tried to pin the blame on Mary.

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4. You could hear a pin drop in the room.

   deMan konnte im Zimmer eine Stecknadel fallen hören.

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5. I'm not trying to pin the blame on anyone.

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