Associations to the word «Pinning»

Wiktionary

PINNING, verb. Present participle of pin
PINNING, noun. A ceremony in which a pin badge is given.
PINNING, noun. (physics) The establishment of a definite quantum state to a particle, or of an occupation number to a system of particles

Dictionary definition

PINNING, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats