Bodkin

Meaning of Bodkin

noun
  1. A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
  2. A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
  3. A hairpin.
  4. A dagger.
  5. A type of long thin arrowhead.
  6. A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters letters from a column or page in making corrections.
  7. A multifunctional tool for pinning cloaks at the nape of the neck used also as a decorative hairpin or as a sewing instrument.
adverb
  1. Closely wedged between two people.
    to sit bodkin; to ride bodkin

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Hyphenation of Bodkin

Bod-kin

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Bodkin is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Bodkin synonyms

Meaning poniard:

poniard

Meaning threader:

threader

Words that rhyme with Bodkin

Yadkin, ladkin, Fredkin, seedkin, maidkin, Goodkin, bodkin, brodkin, dodkin, godkin, lordkin, bawdkin

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