pinning

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pinning - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pin \Pin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pinning.] [See Pin, n.]
     To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a
     garment; to pin boards together. "As if she would pin her to
     her heart." --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     To pin one's faith upon, to depend upon; to trust to.
        [1913 Webster]

pinning - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  pinning
      n 1: 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