Meaning of "pin"

pin •

n.
• • 1. a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other for fastening things together: aspili, ispili
  • 2. a decorative pin: alpiler
  • 3. a badge with a pin or clasp to fasten it to the clothing: tsapa
  • 4. anything that fastens: ipit
  • 5. hair pin: panuksok, ipit sa buhok
  • 6. a safety pin: imperdible, perdible
  • 7. a peg made of wood or metal: talasok
  • 8. a bowling pin: bulilyo

v.
• • 1. to fasten with a pin, to put a pin through: mag-aspili, aspilihan, iaspili
  • 2. to hold fast in one position: umipit, mag-ipit, ipitin, dumagan, magdagan, daganan
  • 3. on pins and needles (very anxious and uneasy): hindi mapalagay, balisa

n.
• • brooch

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broken

adj.
• • 1. in pieces (See "break"): basag
  • 2. out of order, damaged: sira, may sira
  • 3. not even (referring to ground): hindi patag, baku-bako
  • 4. imperfectly spoken: mali-maling magsalita brooch

n.
• • an ornamental pin: alpiler, brotse

tacks

n.
• • 1. a short, sharp-pointed nail or pin having a broad flat head: pakong uluhan, tamtak, boston
  • 2. a stitch used as a temporary fastening: hilbana, tutos, tutos
  • 3. a course of action or conduct: paraan, pamamaraan, kaparaanan, taktika

v.
• • 1. to fasten with tacks: magtamtak, itamtak, tamtakan
  • 2. to sew with temporary stitches: maghilbana, ihilbana, hilbanahan, magtutos, itutos, tutusin
  • 3. to attach: magkabit, ikabit, kabitan
  • 4. to add: magdagdag, idagdag, dagdagan

peg

n.
• • a pin or small bolt for various uses: pakong kahoy (kawayan), talasok, paltak

v.
• • 1. to fasten or hold with pegs: magtalasok, talasukan, italasok
  • 2. to take a person down a peg or two, to humble him: humiya, hiyain

aspile

Sp n.
• • pin, straight pin

turok

v.
• • magturok, turukan (mag:-an) to be pierced (by a pointed instrument, as a pin, needle or the like). magturok, iturok (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to pierce (with a needle), to give hypodermic injection. Ang duktor ay nagturok ng anti-tetanus sa aking kapatid. The doctor gave my sister an anti-tetanus injection yesterday.

alpiler

n.
• • pin, brooch, safety pin

emperdible

Sp n.
• • safety pin

ipit

v.
• • ipitin (-in) to crush. Huwag mong ipitin ang kamay mo. Don't crush your hand (e.g. on the car door). maipit (ma)

v.
• • to get caught in between, to be clipped. Naipit siya sa pinto. She got pinched in the door [She (her hand, foot, etc.) got caught in the door].

v.
• • mag-ipit (mag-) to clip, pin (hair). Mag-ipit ka ng buhok. Pin your hair in place. mang-ipit, ipitin (mang-:-in, i-)

v.
• • to clip, to clasp, to press, to catch in between

lulon

v.
• • lumulon, lulunin (-um-:in) to swallow. Lumulon siya ng buto ng santol. He swallowed the seed of the santol.

v.
• • malulon (ma-) to swallow (accidentally). Nalulon ng bata ang imperdible. The child swallowed a safety pin. maglulon, lulunin, ilulon (mag-:in, i-)

v.
• • to roll up as paper money, mat or the like. Ilulon mo ang banig. Roll up the mat.

aguhilya

Sp n.
• • hair pin