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noun
The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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Synonyms: kingbolt
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The most important person in a usually evil undertaking or organization, often a druglord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
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Synonyms: big cheese, big enchilada, top boy, baron, big gun, big kahuna, big man, big name, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big wheel, boss, grand poobah, head honcho, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high muckamuck, high muckety-muck, king of all one surveys, king of the castle, king of the hill, kingpin, macher, mayor, muckamuck, muckety muck, mugwump, numero uno, panjandrum, poobah, rooster, somebody, top banana, top cat, top dog, top gun, very important person, VIP, wheel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: ten-pin bowling
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: headpin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bowling pin, pin
noun
bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: kingbolt, swivel pin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bolt
noun
the most important person in a group or undertaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: top banana, bigwig
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: important person, influential person, personage
History
From king + pin.
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
