Kingpin - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkɪŋpɪn|
Brit.
|ˈkɪŋpɪn|
noun
- the most important person in a group or undertaking (syn: bigwig)
- bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle (syn: kingbolt)
- the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins
- bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle (syn: kingbolt)
- the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins
Extra examples
...a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade...
The newer generation knows that he is the kingpin of their system.
Word forms
noun
singular: kingpin
plural: kingpins
singular: kingpin
plural: kingpins
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