"pin-up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pin-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|pin up}} Deverbal from pin up Head templates: {{en-noun}} pin-up (plural pin-ups)
  1. A photograph, printed in a magazine or other publication, of a sexually attractive person (often nude or provocatively dressed), and intended to be removed and pinned up on a wall. Synonyms: pinup Translations (photograph): pin-up-kuva (Finnish), pin-up [feminine] (French), Pin-up [neuter] (German), ピンアップ (pin'appu) (Japanese), ピンナップ (Pinnappu) (Japanese), グラビア (gurabia) (Japanese), пин-а́п (pin-áp) [masculine] (Russian), пина́п (pináp) [masculine] (Russian), фотогра́фия красо́тки (fotográfija krasótki) [feminine] (Russian), pinuppbild [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pin-up-en-noun-X8FbnbZf Categories (other): English deverbals Disambiguation of English deverbals: 46 21 33 Disambiguation of 'photograph': 86 5 9
  2. (often attributive) The person so depicted. Tags: attributive, often
    Sense id: en-pin-up-en-noun-tJiXzxI1 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 42 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 53 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 52 24
  3. (figuratively) Figurehead, person who represents an idea, cause etc. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People, Pornography Related terms (poster hung): tack-up
    Sense id: en-pin-up-en-noun-~aKwbjm6 Disambiguation of People: 19 0 81 Disambiguation of Pornography: 34 17 49 Disambiguation of 'poster hung': 27 23 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (person): хубаво момиче (hubavo momiče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 海報女郎 (Chinese Mandarin), 海报女郎 (hǎibào nǚláng) (Chinese Mandarin), 賽車女郎 (Chinese Mandarin), 赛车女郎 (sàichē nǚláng) (Chinese Mandarin), pin-up-tyttö (Finnish), pin-up (english: woman) [feminine] (French), Pin-up-Girl [neuter] (German), ピンアップガール (pin'appu gāru) (Japanese), краса́вчик (krasávčik) (english: man) [masculine] (Russian), красо́тка (krasótka) (english: woman) [feminine] (Russian), пин-а́п гёрл (pin-áp gjorl) (english: pin-up girl) [feminine] (Russian), pinuppa [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'person': 24 42 34

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