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pin up

2 syllables
verbnoun
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As a verb, pin up means attach with or as if with a pin. As a noun, it means a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model.

Meanings of pin up

2 meanings

verb

  1. Attach with or as if with a pin

    “pin up a picture”

    Similar: pin down

noun

  1. A very pretty girl who works as a photographer's modelperson

    Similar: cover girl, lovely

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: attach with or as if with a pin
pin down
noun: a very pretty girl who works as a photographer's model
cover girllovely

Nearby words

pimpernelpimpingpimplepinpin downpin oakpinaforepinballpincerpincerspinchpinchbeck