Meanings
nounpinsetter (plural pinsetters)
plural pinsetters · alternative pin-setter · alternative pin setter
- originallybowlingThe person who clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.
“I was working as a pinsetter in a bowling alley down in Tampa.”
2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 92 - bowlingThe machine that clears fallen pins and resets them in tenpin bowling or candlepin bowling.
They have twelve lanes of candlepin bowling with cranky automatic pinsetters that usually take the last three days of the week off […]
1985, Stephen King, Nona
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*pinnaz
- Proto-West Germanic*pinn
- Old Englishpinn
- Middle Englishpinne
- Englishpin
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sodéyeti
- Proto-Germanic*satjaną
- Proto-West Germanic*sattjan
- Old Englishsettan
- Middle Englishsetten
- Middle Englishsettere
- Englishsetter
- Englishpinsetter
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
pinsetter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinsetter
MLA
“pinsetter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinsetter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinsetter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinsetter.
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