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DirectX pins[edit]
This might be over-specific for a dictionary — I suppose it's a metaphor for the electrical sense — but, in DirectX, "pins" are the inputs and outputs of software processes, allowing them to communicate with each other. Equinox ◑ 01:51, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
eyes pinning[edit]
Parrots will briefly contract their irises and this is called "pinning". I don't think it's covered by any the verb definitions yet. —Pengo (talk) 06:16, 19 June 2018 (UTC)
Slang verb: injecting drugs[edit]
"Pinning" is apparently slang for injecting drugs, so I would assume there is a verb "pin" with that sense. We have neither. Equinox ◑ 06:48, 16 January 2021 (UTC)