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pin | pwn |

As a verb pwn is

(internet slang|online gaming|originally leet) to own in the sense of defeat.

As a noun pwn is

(internet|slang|originally|leet) triumph, defeat, victory often exclaimed after an opponent in a video game is defeated.

pin

English

(wikipedia pin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small device, made (usually) of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
  • * Milton
  • With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
  • A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
  • A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
  • Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
  • A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
  • (in plural'' pins ; ''informal ) A leg.
  • I'm not so good on my pins these days.
  • (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
  • The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins .
  • A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
  • (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
  • (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.
  • (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
  • The shot landed right on the pin .
  • * Shakespeare
  • the very pin of his heart cleft
  • (dated) A mood, a state of being.
  • * Cowper
  • a merry pin
  • One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
  • (medicine, obsolete) caligo
  • (Shakespeare)
  • A thing of small value; a trifle.
  • * Spectator
  • He did not care a pin for her.
  • A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
  • (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
  • The tenon of a dovetail joint.
  • Synonyms

    * (small nail) nail, tack * (cylinder of wood or metal) peg * (games) skittle * (jewellery fastened with a pin) brooch * (accessory) badge

    Hyponyms

    * (jewellery fastened with a pin) breastpin * (chess) absolute pin, relative pin, partial pin

    Derived terms

    * belaying pin * breastpin * clothespin / clothes pin * drawing pin * gudgeon pin * on a pin * on pins and needles * pincushion * pinhead * pinhole * pin money * pinner * pinprick * pins and needles * pintle * pin-up, pinup * rolling pin * safety pin

    See also

    * needle

    Verb

  • (often followed by a preposition such as'' to''' ''or'' ' on ) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
  • (chess, usually, in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
  • (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
  • To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
  • (computing, GUI) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
  • to pin a window to the Taskbar
  • Derived terms

    * pin down * pin in * pin on * pin the tail on the donkey * pin up * underpin

    pwn

    English

    (wikipedia pwn)

    Verb

  • (Internet slang, online gaming, originally leet) To own in the sense of defeat.
  • (Internet slang, online gaming, originally leet) To beat someone or something by a wide margin, usually in relation to a game.
  • Noun

    (-)
  • (Internet, slang, originally, leet) Triumph, defeat, victory. Often exclaimed after an opponent in a video game is defeated.
  • Derived terms

    * pwnage

    Quotations

    * 2001, Edward Glamkowski, in alt.games.diablo2 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.diablo2/msg/35dbd43c3b498da0?dmode=source&hl=en] *: Otherwise I use fury as my normal attack. Fury completely pwns ! * 2003, James Grahame, in alt.games.everquest [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.everquest/msg/043ab720b8a2edbf?dmode=source&hl=en] *: When you get to the Temple of Marr, look very closely at the vases at zone-in and see if you can find the picture where Mith Marr "pwns " someone. * 2004, Bronney Hui, in alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia/msg/712f43b1adc4ab6e?dmode=source&hl=en] *: My Trident pwns the Cirrus Logics! * 2005, *: NOOBZ STILL R NOT PWNED'. CONTINUE '''PWN'''ERSHIP UNTIL ALL NOOBZ R ' PWNED .