switchblade
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6.6
- noun
- /ˈswɪtʃˌbleɪd/
- US
:
navaja automática
- "I carry a knife," she says, reaching into her left sock and pulling out a black-handled switchblade.
- switchblade knife
- pull a switchblade
- carrying a switchblade
The feeling of a switchblade entering flesh.
- The feeling of a switchblade entering flesh.
- It was a thin bladed knife like a stiletto or a switchblade.
- The old pocket knife switchblade comb.
- So as I reach over and I kiss Paul Lane and we start smooching and man, that thing was like a switchblade.
Examples
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It's against the law to buy or sell switchblade knives.
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Let me get my switchblade out.
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I tell Ellen to leave the switchblade at home if she doesn't mind.
Fiction book (2002) -
Narrator 1: One day, Owen puts a switchblade knife in his pocket and walks into town.
Fiction book (2000) -
You got that?" Slick pulled a switchblade from his pocket and opened it with a flick of his wrist.
Fiction book (2001) -
All he needed to complete the image was a shiny switchblade dangling from his fingertips.
Fiction book (1997) -
He unfastened his backpack and pulled out his switchblade to show his friends.
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It's illegal to carry a switchblade in schools across many states.
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The detective found a switchblade hidden under the seat of the abandoned car.
Synonyms
9
3.4
A small folding knife that you carry in your pocket
1
5.9
A small folding knife that opens by itself when a button is pressed
A small folding knife whose blade opens quickly when you press a button
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Switchblade comes from the two parts switch and blade; a switch suggests a quick 'move' or a small thing you press, and blade is the knife part, so a switchblade is a knife whose blade pops open automatically.