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knife
[ nahyf ]
noun
- an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- a knifelike weapon; dagger or short sword.
- any blade for cutting, as in a tool or machine.
verb (used with object)
- to apply a knife to; cut, stab, etc., with a knife.
- to attempt to defeat or undermine in a secret or underhanded way.
verb (used without object)
- to move or cleave through something with or as if with a knife:
The ship knifed through the heavy seas.
knife
/ Բɪ /
noun
- a cutting instrument consisting of a sharp-edged often pointed blade of metal fitted into a handle or onto a machine
- a similar instrument used as a weapon
- have one's knife in someoneto have a grudge against or victimize someone
- twist the knifeto make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
- the knives are out for someonepeople are determined to harm or put a stop to someone
the knives are out for Stevens
- under the knifeundergoing a surgical operation
verb
- to cut, stab, or kill with a knife
- to betray, injure, or depose in an underhand way
Derived Forms
- ˈԾڱˌ, adjective
- ˈԾڱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Ծڱl adjective
- Ծİ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of knife1
Word History and Origins
Origin of knife1
Idioms and Phrases
- under the knife, in surgery; undergoing a medical operation:
The patient was under the knife for four hours.
More idioms and phrases containing knife
see at gunpoint (knifepoint) ; under the knife ; you could cut it with a knife .Example Sentences
She left a chilling 37-second voicemail message as he attacked her with multiple knives.
He was under the influence of drugs, carrying a knife and behaving erratically when members of the public first contacted the police.
Notwithstanding Republicans’ protestations of reverence for Medicaid, the truth is that they and their fellow conservatives have had their knives out for the program virtually since its inception in 1965.
Rates of knife crime, violence against women, and theft could rise in London without more government funding, the Metropolitan Police commissioner has warned.
The teenager, who brought a weapon to school every day, used her father's multi-tool knife to initially attack Ms Elias on 24 April 2024.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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