bobbins
bobbins is the plural of bobbin.
Meaning of bobbin
Noun
bobbin (plural bobbins)
- A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
- Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV.Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108
- In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
- Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.
- The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
- She went from the linhay and boldly pulled the bobbin of the fuel-house door.1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 152
- A fine cord or narrow braid.
Noun
bobbins (uncountable)
- crap, rubbish, something worthless or nonsensical
- Don't take this the wrong way, my friend, but I've never heard such complete and utter bobbins in all my life.2011, James Lovegrove, Redlaw, volume 1
Questions about bobbins
- What does bobbins mean?
- Bobbins means crap, rubbish, something worthless or nonsensical.
- What is bobbins the plural of?
- Bobbins is the plural of bobbin.
- What part of speech is bobbins?
- Bobbins is a noun.
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