Definitions for pinups

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pinups pin·up

Spelling: [pin-uhp]

IPA: /ˈpɪnˌʌp/

Pinups is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 64 anagrams from letters in pinups (inppsu).

Definitions for pinups

noun

1. a large photograph, as of a sexually attractive person, suitable for pinning on a wall.
2. a person in such a photograph.
3. a device or fixture that is fastened to a wall, as a lamp.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or appearing in a pinup:
2. designed or suitable for hanging or fastening on a wall:

Origin of pinups

1670-80 for general senses; 1940-45 as photograph of a pretty woman; noun, adj. use of pin up

Examples for pinups

The Daily Pic: Katrin Heichel paints the vanishing world of the pinup.

Or pop in and visit one of the 17 Bettie Page clothing stores across the country boasting apparel inspired by the pinup beauty.

Maybe--but he exploited his profile as effectively as any pinup.

To escape, the Page girls would mimic poses of pinup models in magazines, often posing in the yard in their undergarments.

Those rollicking Republican weeks after the St. Paul Convention when Sarah Palin was the Us Weekly pinup girl seem a century ago.

The USO was never shy about bringing “pinup Patriots” to consort with war-weary troops.