bodkin

bodkin is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A dagger. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A dagger.
2. noun. An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.
3. noun. A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
4. 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.
5. noun. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
6. noun. See Baudekin.
7. noun. a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops

   Synonyms: threader

8. noun. a small sharp-pointed tool for punching holes in leather or fabric
9. noun. formerly a long hairpin; usually with an ornamental head
10. noun. a dagger with a slender blade

    Synonyms: poniard

Synonyms

threader, poniard

Common word forms

bodkins

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