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Definitions for Bodkin
[1] a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.
[2] a long pinshaped instrument used by women to fasten up the hair.
[3] a blunt, needlelike instrument for drawing tape, cord, etc., through a loop, hem, or the like.
[4] Obsolete . a small dagger; stiletto.
[5] a blunt large-eyed needle used esp for drawing tape through openwork
[6] archaic a dagger
[7] printing a pointed steel tool used for extracting characters when correcting metal type
[8] archaic a long ornamental hairpin
Words related to Bodkin
blade, bayonet, sword, cutlass, poniard, stylet, switchblade, stiletto, dirk, anlace, sidearm, skean
Words nearby Bodkin
bodice ripper, bodied, bodiless, bodily, boding, bodkin, bodleian, bodley, bodmin, bodoni, bodvar bjarki
Origin of Bodkin
1350–1400; Middle English badeken, bo(i)dekyn, of uncertain origin
Word origin for Bodkin
C14: probably of Celtic origin; compare Gaelic biodag dagger
Synonyms for Bodkin
bayonet, blade, sword, cutlass, dirk, poniard, stiletto, stylet, switchblade, anlace, sidearm, skean