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(chiefly attributive) A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a nonlocking type of joint..
Use slip joint when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slip joint means (chiefly attributive) A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a nonlocking type of joint..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use slip joint where its definition matches the intended context.
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