pinning

Other forms: pinnings

Definitions of pinning
  1. 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
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    type of:
    promise
    a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
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