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  • pin spot
    pin spot
    noun
    a spotlight that produces a narrow beam of light illuminating a very small part of a stage, used especially to focus attention on a detail.
  • pin-spot
    pin-spot
    verb (used with object)
    to illuminate with a pin spot.

pin spot

1 American  

noun

Theater.

  1. a spotlight that produces a narrow beam of light illuminating a very small part of a stage, used especially to focus attention on a detail.

  2. the beam of light so produced.

pin-spot 2 American  
[pin-spot] / ˈpɪnˌspɒt /

verb (used with object)

Theater.
pin-spotted, pin-spotting

  1. to illuminate with a pin spot.

Etymology

Origin of pin spot1

First recorded in 1945–50

Origin of pin-spot2

v. use of pin spot

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