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kingpin
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also king-pin, 1801 as the name of the large pin in the game of kayles (similar to bowls except a club or stick was thrown instead of a ball; see "Games, Gaming and Gamesters' Laws," Frederick Brandt, London, 1871), from king with a sense of "chief" + pin (n.). The modern use is mainly figurative and is perhaps from the word's use as another name for the king-bolt (itself from 1825) in a machinery, though the figurative use is attested earlier (1867) than the literal.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context motorized vehicles English) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt. 2 (context ten pin bowling English) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex. 3 The most important person in an undertaking or organization. 4 The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.
WordNet
n. the most important person in a group or undertaking [syn: top banana, bigwig]
bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle [syn: kingbolt, swivel pin]
the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins [syn: headpin]
Wikipedia
The Kingpin (real name Wilson Fisk) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The character is portrayed as one of the most feared and powerful crime lords in the Marvel Universe, typically holding the position of New York City's crime overlord. The Kingpin first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #50. Initially an adversary of Spider-Man, the character later became the archenemy of Daredevil, and a recurring foe of the Punisher. IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains Of All Time List ranked The Kingpin as number 10.
The Kingpin's signature look is his extraordinarily heavyset appearance, with most of his mass consisting of muscle. He usually wears a white suit jacket and carries a walking stick, which he tips with diamonds or other hard substances as necessary to aid his physical combat. The name "Kingpin" is a reference to the title crime lord in mafia slang nomenclature. Wilson Fisk is played by Michael Clarke Duncan in the 2003 film Daredevil, and by Vincent D'Onofrio in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Kingpin is an American crime drama television series which debuted on the NBC network in the U.S. and CTV in Canada on February 2, 2003 and lasted 6 episodes. NBC's answer to The Sopranos and also influenced by The Godfather, Macbeth and Traffik, the story was about a Mexican drug trafficker named Miguel Cadena ( Yancey Arias) and his family life. It was to be followed by a television series, but low ratings canceled those plans. Commercials for the mini-series on NBC featured the song "Más" by the Mexican band Kinky.
Kingpin may refer to:
- Kingpin (automotive part), the pivot in the steering mechanism
- Crime boss
Kingpin may also be:
see also Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
Kingpin is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, and Bill Murray.
The film stars Harrelson as an alcoholic ex-professional bowler who becomes the manager for a promising Amish talent played by Quaid. It was filmed in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (as a stand-in for Scranton), Amish country, and Reno, Nevada.
Kingpin (ISSN 0969-2150) is a chess magazine published intermittently in the UK. Its editor is Jonathan Manley. Among contributors are GMs Stuart Conquest, James Plaskett, Nigel Davies, Jonathan Rowson, Aaron Summerscale, Glenn Flear, Chris Ward and Anthony Kosten.
Kingpin was founded in 1985. To date there have been 41 issues, the most recent having been published in 2011.
Kingpin is a 2000 blues album by Tinsley Ellis. It was recorded at Ocean Way by David Z (also the producer) who also mixed at Javelina Recording Studio (both in Nashville, Tennessee) for Supersonic Productions. It was mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound New York. Tinsley wrote/co-wrote three of the songs.
Kingpin is a 1985 New Zealand drama film directed by Mike Walker. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground is a 2011 American novel written by Kevin Poulsen.
Usage examples of "kingpin".
Carlton is Carlos Lehder, who was a kingpin in the Medellin Cartel until he was arrested in Spain and sent to the U.
Rasche and Schaefer, taken on the occasion of nailing a particularly vicious drug kingpin from uptown, a punk called Errol G.
China, guarantee peace in Indochina for the foreseeable future, and insure a strong and friendly ally, in Japan, as kingpin of the East.
Martinez proposes urine testing for bus drivers and the death penalty for drug kingpins, and he stands the same chance of achieving either one.
As a kingpin flattens a row of its fellows, so Sedan's blast, striking through the Larak-focus, caused a wave of mental agony to roll backward to Auriga where Sta tion personnel grabbed at their skulls in anguish, to Earth and Callisto where T-ratings cringed in pain, and on to Deneb and even Altair.
They had the wheel back on the axle when Dowell discovered that there were no more cotter pins or kingpins in the wagon.
Aramina wanted to know as she took the pegs and noticed, with a pang, how carefully Dowell had made a cotter hole in the kingpin.
After the breakup of the Cali drug cartel, there was no longer a kingpin.
The sole exceptions were the kingpins, which remained virtually unworn.
To the employees' surprise, Ford, instead of expressing pride in his well-made kingpins, declared that the kingpins were overbuilt, and that in the future they should be made more cheaply.
Ford's conclusion may violate our ideal of pride in workmanship, but it made economic sense: he had indeed been wasting money on long-lasting kingpins that outlasted the cars in which they were installed.
The automated city supply system had gone on working, and the Kingpins, the big time criminals, had stepped in and set things up to suit their tastes.
If I knew anything about kingpins, that's where Max Arena would hang his hat.
Mafia kingpins had their favorite activities as well, Cunningham had learned over the years.
He'd developed good instincts over the years, as a result of which two former Mafia kingpins were now living in solitary cells at Marion, Illinois.