Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - pinny

(pinnies) A pinny is an apron. (BRIT INFORMAL) N-COUNT PINPOINT (pinpoints, pinpointing, pinpointed) 1. If you pinpoint the cause of something, you discover or explain the cause exactly. It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death. ...if you can pinpoint exactly what the anger is about... The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic problem threatening village life. = identify VERB: V n, V wh, V n as n 2. If you pinpoint something or its position, you discover or show exactly where it is. I could pinpoint his precise location on a map... Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from. VERB: V n, V wh 3. If something is placed with pinpoint accuracy, it is placed in exactly the right place or position. ...the pinpoint accuracy of the bombing campaigns. ADJ: ADJ n