pushpin

[ poosh-pin ]

noun

1. a short pin having a spool-shaped head of plastic, glass, or metal, used for affixing material to a bulletin board, wall, or the like.
2. an early children's game.
3. Archaic. child's play; triviality.

pushpin

/ ˈpʊʃˌpɪn /

noun

1. a pin with a small ball-shaped head

Word History and Origins

Origin of pushpin¹

1580–90, for an earlier sense; push + pin

Example Sentences

If you can't get glasses, two pieces of paper and a pushpin might do the trick.

From BBC

Then using the pushpin thumbtack, poke holes up and down the bag.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead of a headboard, a spreadsheet stretched behind her bed, pushpins tracking her best catches.

From Literature

There are also high-five stickers held up by the same pushpin as my baseball schedule.

From Literature

Add a dot of hot glue to the back to secure the map tack or pushpin to the skewer and cover the pointy tip.

From New York Times