safety-pin

safe·ty-pin

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [seyf-tee pin]
- /ˈseɪf ti pɪn/
- /ˈseɪfti pɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [seyf-tee pin]
- /ˈseɪf ti pɪn/

Definitions of safety-pin word

verb with object safety-pin to secure or affix with a safety pin: to safety-pin a child's mittens to his coat sleeve. 1
noun safety-pin a pin bent back on itself to form a spring, with a guard to cover the point. 1

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Origin of safety-pin

First appearance:

before 1915

One of the 14% newest English words

First recorded in 1915-20

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Parts of speech for Safety-pin

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Safety-pin

safety-pin popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.