pawn
pawn - English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /pɔːn/
- (US) IPA: /pɔn/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA: /pɑn/
- (Southern American English) IPA: /pɑɒn/
- Homophone: porn (non-rhotic accents)
Noun
pawn (plural pawns)
- (chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
- (figurative) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
- Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.
Synonyms
- See also pawn
Derived terms
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Noun
pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)
- (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
- An instance of pawning something.
- (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
- (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
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Verb
pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)
- To pledge; to stake or wager.
- To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
Synonyms
- (to deposit at a pawn shop): hock
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Noun
pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)
- Alternative form of paan
Noun
pawn (plural pawns)
- A gallery.
Verb
pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)
- (video games) Alternative form of pwn
Anagrams
pawn - Middle English
Noun
pawn
- Alternative form of pown (“pawn”)