American English pronunciation
How to pronounce kingpin
IPA transcription: ['kɪŋ,pɪn]
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Noun
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the most important person in a group or undertaking
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bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle
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the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins
Usage examples
- The kingpin of crime in these early stories is Holy Moses Tanenbaum.
- He must also rid himself of the heroin by tracking down the kingpin.
- The Colombian necktie is sometimes credited to drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
- Kingsley attacks Urich and Kingpin in Shadowland.
- Jack Palance played chief antagonist Mike Farrell, assistant to Lawford's kingpin character.
- The Kingpin Tour was added when the Touring Cruiser was dropped.