Grammar. 1  Also called objective case. (in English and some other languages) a case specialized for the use of a form as the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition, as him in The boy hit him, or me in He comes to me with his troubles. 2  a word in that case.
pinning-a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin. promise-a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future.
Ubuntu Documentation. PinningHowto. This wiki page will discuss some advanced things you can do to packages to accomplish specific goals. The first thing described is Pinning, this is useful if you want only some things from a newer version of Ubuntu. There is also package holding, which allows you to not update the package.