Switchblade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbleɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Switchblade is a noun meaning A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
Meaning
A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
- (intransitive) To spring open or up.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
Example Sentences
He ticked off the facts, switchblading out a finger for each one.
Steering and stabilization fins switchblading out, followed by the wings.
Switchblading open their silvery cell phones, they call their mortgage brokers and say “Buy.”
He briefly rocked medical school, switchbladed to accounting and finally joked his first radio script in 1938.
Word Forms
- switchblades
- switch blade
- switch-blade
- switchblading
- switchbladed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shiv, switchknife, clasp-knife, flick knife, jack-knife, probe-scissors.
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