adv
Meaning 1
Closely wedged between two people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- to sit bodkin
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Standard Lemma guide
bodkin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈbɒdkɪn/
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name
Meaning 2
A surname originating as a patronymic.
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noun
Meaning 3
A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
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noun
Meaning 4
A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
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noun
Meaning 5
A hairpin.
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noun
Meaning 6
A dagger.
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noun
Meaning 7
A type of long thin arrowhead.
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noun
Meaning 8
A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters (e.g. letters) from a column or page in making corrections.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 9
a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: threader
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Broader terms: hand tool
noun
Meaning 10
a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hand tool
noun
Meaning 11
formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hairpin
noun
Meaning 12
a dagger with a slender blade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: poniard
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Broader terms: dagger, sticker
History
Etymology
From Middle English boydekin (“dagger”), apparently from *boyde, *boide (of unknown [Celtic?] origin) + -kin. Cognate with Scots botkin, boitkin, boikin (“bodkin”).
Ultimately from the Middle Dutch personal name Bodekin, a pet form of Baldwin.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: шило (šilo) — pointed tool
- Dutch: priem — pointed tool
- Finnish: naskali — pointed tool
- Irish: meana — pointed tool
- Ottoman Turkish: ابره (ibre) — pointed tool
- Bulgarian: губерка (guberka) — blunt needle
- Finnish: pujotusneula — blunt needle
- Māori: auwai — blunt needle
- Finnish: bodkin-kärki — type of arrowhead
- Swedish: treeggare — type of arrowhead
- Swedish: fyreggare — type of arrowhead
- Old Swedish: treægger — type of arrowhead
- Old Swedish: fyrægger — type of arrowhead