pawn

1. (transitive) To pledge; to stake or wager.transitive

2. (transitive) To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.Examples: "A certain, and probably an appreciable, proportion of his so-called money at call and short notice would consist of fortnightly advances made to members of the Stock Exchange against pawned stocks and shares."; "But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe."Synonyms: hock, lumber, pledge, spout, vamptransitive

1. (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.Examples: "The pawn may move forward to the square immediately in front of it on the same file, provided that this square is unoccupied […] Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks."

2. (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.Examples: "Near-synonym: chess piece"; "Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War."; "He delivered a broadside to the RMT leadership, saying: "This response to a significantly enhanced offer exposes their true priority - using the British public and NR workers as pawns in a fight with the Government."idiomatic

1. (video games) Alternative form of pwn.alt-ofalternative