HEADPIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headpin mean? 

• HEADPIN (noun)
  The noun HEADPIN has 1 sense:

1. the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins

  Familiarity information: HEADPIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEADPIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

headpin; kingpin

Hypernyms ("headpin" is a kind of...):

bowling pin; pin (a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target)