Definitions for bobbin

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bobbin bob·bin

Spelling: [bob-in]

IPA: /ˈbɒb ɪn/

Bobbin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in bobbin (bbbino).

Definitions for bobbin

noun

1. a reel, cylinder, or spool upon which yarn or thread is wound, as used in spinning, machine sewing, lacemaking, etc.
2. Electricity. a spoollike form around which a coil of insulated wire is wound to provide an inductance. the coil itself.

Origin of bobbin

1520-30; Middle French bobine hank of thread, perhaps bob- an expressive base akin to bob² + -ine -ine²

Examples for bobbin

They'd like you to think they'd never been near a loom or a bobbin!

Howard Cosell once said to me, “bobbin, you have a face for radio and a voice for print.”

"I was twelve last month, Miss," says Helma, bobbin' polite.

"Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up," said the captain.

Malicorne unfolded the piece of paper which had been wrapped round the bobbin.

From this machine the roving is wound on a bobbin ready for the spinning frame.

Here for the first time is seen the combination of spindle, flyer and bobbin.

The yarn from the ring frame, or mule, is wound in a large cop, or on a bobbin.

"Pull the bobbin and the latch will go up," said the old grandmother.

Cut the bobbin or tape into four nine-inch lengths and wrap and mark.