Definition of bodkin Bodkin

/bɑˈdkɪn/ - [badkin] - bod•kin

We found 19 definitions of bodkin from 7 different sources.

What does bodkin mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: bodkins
bodkin - a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
		threader
		hand tool a tool used with workers' hands
bodkin - a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
bodkin - formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
bodkin - a dagger with a slender blade
		poniard
		dagger, sticker a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

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Wiktionary

bodkin (Noun)
A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
bodkin (Noun)
A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
bodkin (Noun)
A hairpin.
bodkin (Noun)
A dagger.
bodkin (Noun)
A type of arrowhead.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

bodkin (n.)
A dagger.
bodkin (n.)
An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.
bodkin (n.)
A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
bodkin (n.)
A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.
bodkin (n.)
A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
bodkin (n.)
See Baudekin.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

bodkin
bod′kin, n. a small dagger: a small instrument for pricking holes or for dressing the hair: a large blunt needle.—To sit, or ride, bodkin, to be wedged in tight between two others. [Prob. conn. with W. bidog, a dagger.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

bodkin
A dirk or dagger, a word still in use, though Johnson says it is the oldest acceptation of it. It is the bodekin of Chaucer; and Shakspeare makes Hamlet ask who would bear the ills of life, "When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?"

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

bodkin
A dirk or dagger; a word still in use, though Johnson says it is the oldest acceptation of it.

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bodkin, noun, singular of bodkins.

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