pin-up

== English == === Alternative forms === pinup === Etymology === Deverbal from pin up, because such a photograph is often extracted from the publication and pinned up on a wall. === Noun === pin-up (plural pin-ups) 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. Hyponym: centerfold (often attributive) The person so depicted. Hyponym: centerfold (figuratively) A figurehead, a person who represents an idea, cause, etc. Coordinate term: poster child ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (poster hung): tack-up === Anagrams === in pup == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pi.nœp/ === Noun === pin-up f (invariable) pin-up (woman in a photograph) babe (sexually attractive woman) === Further reading === “pin-up”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012