flagstick


flag·stick

F0161300 (flăg′stĭk′)n. A removable pole with a flag marking the placement of the hole on each green of a golf course.

flagstick

(ˈflæɡˌstɪk) nin golf, a pole with a flag at the top, used to indicate the position of a hole

pin

(pɪn)

n., v. pinned, pin•ning. n. 1. a small, slender, often pointed piece of metal, wood, etc., used as a fastener or support. 2. a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other, for fastening things together. 3. any of various forms of fasteners, badges, or ornaments consisting essentially or partly of a penetrating wire or shaft (often used in combination): a fraternity pin; a tiepin. 4. a. a short metal rod, as a linchpin, driven through holes in adjacent parts, as a hub and an axle, to keep the parts together. b. a short cylindrical rod or tube, as a wrist pin or crankpin, joining two parts so as to permit them to move in one plane relative to each other. 5. the part of a cylindrical key stem entering a lock. 6. clothespin. 7. hairpin. 8. a peg, nail, or stud marking the center of a target. 9. any one of the rounded wooden clubs set up as the target in tenpins, ninepins, duckpins, etc. 10. Golf. the pole, with flag, which identifies a hole; flagstick. 11. Informal. a human leg. 12. peg (def. 4). 13. Wrestling. a fall. 14. Naut. belaying pin. 15. a very small amount; a trifle. 16. a pin-shaped connection, as the terminals on the base of an electron tube or the connections on an integrated circuit. v.t. 17. to fasten or attach with or as with a pin or pins. 18. to hold fast in a spot or position (sometimes fol. by down). 19. to give one's fraternity pin to (a young woman) as a pledge of one's attachment. 20. Wrestling. to secure a fall over one's opponent. 21. pin down, to force (someone) to deal with a situation or to come to a decision. Idioms: pin something on someone, Informal. to ascribe the blame or guilt for something to a person. [before 1100; Middle English pinne, Old English pinn peg; c. Dutch pin, German Pinne, Old Norse pinni; perhaps < Latin pinna feather, quill]

PIN

(pɪn)

n. an identification number assigned to an individual to gain access to a computer system via an automated-teller machine, a point-of-sale terminal, or other device. [1980–85; p(ersonal)i(dentification)n(umber)]