Slipjoint
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Slipjoint is a noun meaning (metonymic) A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife.
Meaning
(metonymic) A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife.
More Meanings
- (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.
Word Forms
- slipjoints
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slide, slip, slipping, slipstitch, slipper, onslip.
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