:a short pin that has a large head and that is used to attach things (such as papers or photographs) to a wall or bulletin board工字钉 — see picture at office; compare thumbtack
: a pin that has a roughly cylindrical head and that is easily inserted and withdrawn (as from a bulletin board)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebInsert a black pushpin for the eye; adhere twigs with hot-glue for the feet. Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022 On social media, these institutions sometimes use a red pushpin emoji with the name of the tribe whose homeland the college sits on. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022 Soni bought a corkboard map of the United States for charting workers’ journeys, and devoted a red pushpin to Gonzalez. Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021 Each object in the display was marked by a numbered pushpin that referred back to a list of descriptions, written by the people who had sent the objects in, about where something had been found or why it had been sent. Sophie Haigney, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 Cut loops on other end, and use a pushpin to attach to the cake. Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 29 Mar. 2021 Use a pushpin to poke a hole through the top of each tube, on the back side. Jonathan Adolph, Popular Science, 24 Nov. 2020 Using a pushpin and one of the cardboard finger tubes as a guide, make four evenly spaced holes across the unopened end of the box. Jonathan Adolph, Popular Science, 24 Nov. 2020 There’s also four compartments for small office supplies like pushpins, rubber bands, mini binder clips and paper clips. Anna Goldfarb, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2020 See More