noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching. Canada, US

   "At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl."

2. 2
   wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To affix with a clothespin. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

clothes pegbuttonclothes pegclothes pinfastenergirth

Example

More examples

"The clothespin fell to the ground."

Etymology

From clothes + pin.

Related phrases

clothespin vote

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