<B>pinpoint, </B>noun, verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the point of a pin. <DD><B> 2. </B>something extremely small. <BR> <I>Ex. What diamonds you'll see are mostly tiny things, used to add a pinpoint of a sparkle to a watch face (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the exact location of something, such as a target that has been pinpointed. <BR> <I>Ex. The bombs hit the pinpoints at which they were aimed.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to mark the exact geographical position of, by sticking a pin or similar pointer into the spot on a map where coordinates intersect. <BR> <I>Ex. to pinpoint a field on a military map, to pinpoint a topographical feature.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to ascertain the exact nature or extent of. <BR> <I>Ex. A Midwest machine tool maker foresees industry entering a period of uncertainty until it can better pinpoint the consequences of a Democratic victory (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to determine precisely. <BR> <I>Ex. His refusal to help simply pinpoints his cowardice.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to aim at accurately; seek not to hit anything other than what is specified, as in dropping bombs or firing missiles, or artillery. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>extremely accurate or precise. <BR> <I>Ex. pinpoint bombing.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of the size of a pinpoint; very small; minute. <BR> <I>Ex. pinpoint perforations, pinpoint particles.</I> </DL>
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<B>pinprick, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the prick of a pin; a minute puncture such as that made by the point of a pin. <BR> <I>Ex. Its destination was a pinprick in the map (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a petty annoyance; minute irritation. <BR> <I>Ex. The action was viewed in Allied circles as another pinprick in the "cold blockade" of the city (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> (Figurative.) to cause petty annoyance or irritation. <BR> <I>Ex. If [his] ego were all that big, he wouldn't shout quite so loud when pinpricked (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>pins, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>pin.</B> </DL>
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<B>PINS, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a runaway, truant, or other nondelinquent boy or girl placed in the custody of a juvenile court. <BR> <I>Ex. The girl was ... in the jargon of the courts, a "PINS" (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>pinscher, </B>noun. =Doberman pinscher.</DL>
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<B>pinseal, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>sealskin tanned into highgrade leather, as for making wallets and shoes. <DD><B> 2. </B>the skin of the fur seal. </DL>
<B>pinspotter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a machine that automatically sets up the pins in a bowling alley, removes downed pins, and returns the ball to the bowler. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>Pinspotter,</B> the trademark for this machine. </DL>
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<B>pinstripe, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a fine stripe. <DD><B> 2. </B>a garment made of cloth having fine stripes. </DL>
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<B>pinstriped, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having pinstripes; marked with fine stripes. </DL>
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<B>pinstriper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a business executive. </DL>
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<B>pint, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a unit of measure equal to half a quart or one-eighth of a gallon; two cups. In liquid measure, a pint is equal to 16 fluid ounces or 0.4732 liter; in United States dry measure, a pint is equal to 33.6 cubic inches or 0.5506 liter. (Abbr:) pt. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a container holding a pint. <DD><B> b. </B>such a container with its contents. <BR> <I>Ex. a pint of milk, a pint of strawberries.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>the contents. <BR> <I>Ex. to drink two pints of milk.</I> </DL>
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<B>pinta</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a skin disease prevalent especially in tropical America and parts of the Caribbean, characterized by roughness, blotches, and ulceration of the skin. It is caused by a spirochete which appears to be identical to the one causing syphilis. </DL>
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<B>pinta</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) a pint of a beverage, especially milk. </DL>
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<B>pin table,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a pinball machine. </DL>
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<B>pintado, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dos,</B> <B>-does,</B> or (collectively) <B>-do.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a food and game fish found along the Atlantic coast of America; cero. </DL>
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<B>pintail, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tails</B> or (collectively) <B>-tail.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various birds that have long feathers in the center of the tail, such as: <DD><B> a. </B>the pintail duck. <DD><B> b. </B>the ruddy duck. <DD><B> c. </B>the sharp-tailed grouse. <DD><B> d. </B>the pin-tailed sand grouse. </DL>
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<B>pintail duck,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere, with a pointed tail, the two middle feathers being longer than the rest; pintail. </DL>
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<B>pin-tailed sand grouse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sand grouse of Asia, Africa, and southern Europe, having its central tail feathers elongated. </DL>
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<B>pintano, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nos</B> or (collectively) <B>-no.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small tropical American fish, green with dark stripes, found especially in the relatively shallow water over or near coral reefs; sergeant major. </DL>
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<B>Pinteresque, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characteristic of the plays or style of the English playwright Harold Pinter (born 1930), noted especially for their blend of humor, realism, and sinister atmosphere. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a Pinteresque amalgam of the incongruous and the comic (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>pintle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as in a hinge. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sturdy metal pin on the back of a powered towing vehicle by which it is attached to a towed vehicle. </DL>
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<B>pintle-hook, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the hook of a gun limber by which the eye of the gun carriage is engaged; pintle. </DL>
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<B>pinto, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-tos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> spotted in two or more colors; pied; piebald. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a pinto horse or pony. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=pinto bean.</B> </DL>
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<B>pinto bean,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Western U.S.) a field or shell variety of the common bean, whose edible seeds are spotted or mottled. </DL>
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<B>Pintsch gas,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an illuminating gas obtained by distilling oil, formerly much used in railroad passenger cars, and still used in certain types of buoys. </DL>
<B>pint-sized, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) relatively small in size; smaller than the standard size of its kind; small. <BR> <I>Ex. a pint-sized tractor. They also developed a pint-sized gas turbine delivering 5 to 10 horsepower (M. Mildred Wyatt).</I> </DL>
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<B>pin tuck,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a very narrow tuck, as made in cloth by sewing. </DL>
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<B>pinup</B> or <B>pin-up, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a picture of a very attractive or famous person, pinned up on a wall, as in a barracks, usually by admirers who have not met the subject. <DD><B> 2. </B>a very attractive girl, especially one considered attractive enough to be the subject of such a picture. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>designed for hanging on a wall. <BR> <I>Ex. a pinup lamp.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>very attractive. <BR> <I>Ex. a pinup girl.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>of or consisting of pinups. <BR> <I>Ex. pinup art, a pinup calendar.</I> </DL>
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<B>pinwale corduroy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a corduroy with very fine, narrow ridges. </DL>
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<B>pinweed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of low North American herbs related to the rock-rose, with slender stems and leaves. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=alfileria.</B> </DL>
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<B>pinwheel, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a toy made of a wheel of paper, twisted into vanes that catch the wind and fastened to a stick by a pin so that it revolves in the wind. <DD><B> 2. </B>a kind of firework that revolves rapidly when lighted. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Machinery.) a wheel in which pins are fixed as cogs. <DD><B> 4. </B>anything with swirling motion like a pinwheel. <BR> <I>Ex. Amazing pinwheels of water ... are formed when the river, cascading down a steep granite apron, strikes rocky obstructions (Robert D. Thomson).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to turn around rapidly as a pinwheel does. <BR> <I>Ex. While Woodhouse was hauling frantically on the reins, the saddle slipped, and the jockey went pinwheeling into the dirt (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>pinwork, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the small, fine, raised parts of a design in needlepoint lace. </DL>
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<B>pinworm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, threadlike, nematode worm infesting the large intestine and rectum, especially of children. </DL>
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<B>pin wrench,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wrench that has a pin or pins to fit into holes in nuts to be turned. </DL>
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<B>pinx.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> pinxit. </DL>
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<B>pinxit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) he (or she) painted (it or this). It is inscribed on some paintings after the name of the painter. </DL>
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<B>Pinxter, </B>noun. =Pinkster.</DL>
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<B>pinxter flower,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wild azalea common in swamps and woods from Canada to Texas, having pink or whitish flowers. Also, <B>pinkster flower.</B> </DL>
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<B>piny, </B>adjective, <B>pinier,</B> <B>piniest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>abounding in, covered with, or consisting of pine trees. <BR> <I>Ex. piny mountains.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having to do with or suggesting pine trees. <BR> <I>Ex. a piny odor.</I> <DD> Also, <B>piney.</B> </DL>
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<B>Pinyin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a system for transliterating Chinese into Roman characters. <BR> <I>Ex. The adoption of the official system, known as Pinyin (meaning simply "transcription"), was announced ... as a measure to standardize the spelling of Chinese words in English, French, German and other languages using the Roman alphabet (Fox Butterfield).</I> </DL>
