Bodkin

What do we mean by bodkin?

A small, sharply pointed instrument for making holes in fabric or leather. noun

A blunt needle for pulling tape or ribbon through a series of loops or a hem. noun

A long hairpin, usually with an ornamental head. noun

An awl or pick for extracting letters from set type. noun

A dagger or stiletto. noun

A corruption of baudekin. noun

A small dagger; a stiletto. noun

A small pointed instrument of steel, bone, or ivory, used for piercing holes in cloth, etc. noun

A similar but blunt instrument, with an eye, for drawing thread, tape, or ribbon through a loop, hem, etc. noun

A long pin-shaped instrument used by women to fasten up the hair. noun

A thick needle or straight awl of steel, used by bookbinders to make holes in boards and to trace lines for cutting. noun

A printers' tool for picking letters out of a column or page in correcting. noun

A dagger. noun

An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a stiletto; an eyeleteer. noun

A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out letters from a column or page in making corrections. noun

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. noun

A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair. noun

To sit closely wedged between two persons. noun

A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.

A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.

A hairpin.

A dagger.

A type of long thin arrowhead.

A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters letters from a column or page in making corrections.

A multifunctional tool for pinning cloaks at the nape of the neck used also as a decorative hairpin or as a sewing instrument.

Words that are spelled similarly to bodkin:
bodkin, bodmin, boykin, bodikin, bodin, dodkin, godkin, botkin, brodkin, borkin.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bodkin:
dominick, archetype, galway, fitz, arrowhead, adams, gertrude, rebirth, barrister, arrows, practitioner, barber, armour, acquitted, edith, warden, descendant, lethal, lynch, suspected, curved, killer, elderly, patient, serial, cited, murder, oliver, lawyer, divine, hell, alice, detective, heaven, mayor, guilty, surname, intention, irish, arrested, patients, charged, speaker, patrick, politician, doctor, plate, sir, dublin, hearing, drugs, tried, priest, trial, gallery, director, poetry, fine, judge, causing, arthur, ireland, weather, circuit, lady, jack, press, richard, son, john.

Words that rhyme with bodkin:
dodkin, godkin, brodkin, vodka in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bodkin:
bare, long, golden, deadly, sharp, hollow, small, large, little, ornamental, wooden, hot, back, blunt, tiny, ancient, pointed, round, constant, fine, flat, worth, polished, inch, late, noiseless, exiguous, triangular, slender, harmless, huge, jewelled, stout, penetrating.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bodkin:
life.

Words that sound like bodkin:
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