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PINNING
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("pinning" is a kind of...):
promise (a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb pin