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US
/ˈpɪnɪŋ/
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[ UK /pˈɪnɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪnɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- 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
How To Use pinning In A Sentence
- Country pursuits on offer include sheep-racing, woodcarving with chainsaws, small-bore rifle-shooting, wool-spinning, bee demonstrations, candle-making and ferret-racing.
- Neither Chout, turned down initially by Diaghilev, nor the piano concerto, rejected comprehensively by its muse Paul Wittgenstein the LPO's soloist was Leon Fleisher, quite banished that impression of mechanical note-spinning. LPO/Jurowski; Betrothal in a Monastery; Psappha ensemble; SCO/Ticciati – review
- The ambiguity inherent in that fantasy of unpinning suggests not only the male desire, but also the very real potential of a female "wildness" that desires release.
- After three days of "spinning," the fires were extinguished. Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born
- How can our brave Bible-bashing warlords keep spinning tales of freedom & reconstruction, while presiding over scenes of torture and slaughter? TURNING UP THE HEAT
- I frequently see women at my gym take two spinning or step classes in a row.
- The utility, then called UtiliCorp United Inc., started the process of spinning off its trading arm, called Aquila, into a separately traded stock. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
- I'm interested in expanding the frontiers of real-world liberty, not spinning Utopias.
- Because the head drum is spinning at an angle, the ingoing and outgoing guide heights are very critical.
- The revolving sign was spinning round and round in the wind.