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.
fixation. 1. the process of holding, suturing, or fastening in a fixed position. 2. the condition of being held in a fixed position. 3. in psychiatry: (a) arrest of development at a particular stage, or (b) a close suffocating attachment to another person, especially a childhood figure, such as a parent.