a tacklike pin with a large head, used as a map marker, etc.
pushpin in American English
(ˈpuʃˌpɪn)
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
Word origin
[1580–90, for an earlier sense; push + pin]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bomb, critical, mandarin, scramble, stigma
Examples of 'pushpin' in a sentence
pushpin
Bright yellow pushpin icons represent the locations where he hit.