Kingpin
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Kingpin may refer to:
Kingpin may also be:
- Kingpin (automotive part), the pivot in the steering mechanism
- Kingpin (band), a Swedish metal band from the mid-1980s
- Kingpin (chess magazine)Kingpin (chess magazine)Kingpin 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...
, a satirical chess magazine - Kingpin (comics)Kingpin (comics)The Kingpin is a fictional character, a supervillain in the . Kingpin is one of the most feared and powerful crime lords in the Marvel Universe. The character is a major adversary of Daredevil, the Punisher, and Spider-Man...
, a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Universe - Kingpin (book), a book written by former hacker Kevin Poulsen
- Kingpin (film)Kingpin (film)Kingpin is a 1996 slapstick comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, and Bill Murray...
, a 1996 sports comedy film by the Farrelly brothers - Kingpin (television series)Kingpin (TV series)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...
, a crime/drama TV mini-series - Kingpin: Life of CrimeKingpin: Life of CrimeKingpin: Life of Crime is a first-person shooter developed by Xatrix Entertainment and published by Interplay Entertainment in June 1999. The game begins with the player character wounded and beaten up by the Kingpin's henchmen, and the story follows his thirst for revenge...
, a computer game - Kingpin Bowling, lounge bars in Australia
- The KingpinsThe KingpinsThe Kingpins featuring Lorraine Muller - The Queen of Ska was a ska band from Montréal, Canada, signed to the Stomp Records label. The last Kingpins tour took place in 2004, after which the members of the band reformed under the name Lo and the Magnetics founded by Muller in order to reflect the...
, a Canadian ska band
Kingpin may also be:
- The pivot in a fifth wheel couplingFifth wheel couplingThe fifth wheel coupling provides the link between a semi-trailer and the towing truck, tractor unit, leading trailer or dolly. Some recreational vehicles use a fifth wheel configuration, requiring the coupling to be installed in the bed of a pickup truck as a towing vehicle...
, railway car bogieBogieA bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. In mechanics terms, a bogie is a chassis or framework carrying wheels, attached to a vehicle. It can be fixed in place, as on a cargo truck, mounted on a swivel, as on a railway carriage/car or locomotive, or sprung as in the suspension of a caterpillar...
etc. - A song on Wilco's Being There (album)Being There (album)Being There is the second album by Chicago-based rock band Wilco. Despite its release as a nineteen-song double album, Being There was sold at a single album price due to a deal between lead singer Jeff Tweedy and Reprise Records...