: something fastened to a wall: such as
a
: a photograph or poster of a person considered to have glamorous qualities
b
: something (such as a lamp) designed for wall attachment
1
: of or relating to pinups
male pinup calendars
2
: designed for hanging on a wall
a pinup lamp
Examples of pinup in a Sentence
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2023
This wasn’t an idealized Venus showing that much shoulder, but an actual person long before even pinups, laughably modest by today’s standards, were a thing.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
The sides of her long hair are set in two victory rolls like a 1940s pinup model.
—Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
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Noun
At Australia’s polar station, a collage of nearly a hundred pornographic pinups covered the ceiling.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2023
This wasn’t an idealized Venus showing that much shoulder, but an actual person long before even pinups, laughably modest by today’s standards, were a thing.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Adjective
The painting’s blond pinup model is also a green-tinged corpse, easy to fear or worship but impossible to entirely understand.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
The sides of her long hair are set in two victory rolls like a 1940s pinup model.
—Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Pinup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinup. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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