PINNING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pinning" is a kind of...):

promise (a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb pin

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