pinning
pi ning
- n a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin
- v to hold fast or prevent from moving
- v attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins
- v pierce with a pin
- v immobilize a piece
- Campaigns are hungry to win swing votes, but pinning them down isn't easy.
- In Washington, last week, Correspondent Joseph Chiang made things much easier by pinning on his lapel a large badge reading "Chinese Reporter NOT Japanese Please.
- General Charles Krulak, the head of the Marine Corps, has been busy denouncing the brutal September 1991 blood-pinning ritual recently seen on television.