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switchblade

noun

switch·​blade ˈswich-ˌblād How to pronounce switchblade (audio)
: a pocketknife having the blade spring-operated so that pressure on a release catch causes it to fly open

called also switchblade knife

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web When the house lights went up, the treacherous former sidekick was standing there, the blood still warm on his switchblade. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022 Is a Joke festival at the Hollywood Bowl and taking the comedian to the ground while in possession of a replica gun housing a switchblade. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2022 Among the weapons were a dagger, a switchblade, a pair of brass knuckles, 11 knives and nine disposable scalpels, according to the TSA. Julianne Mcshane, NBC News, 8 May 2022 Witnesses told police that Valle stabbed McGrath once with a knife that looked like a switchblade, according to the warrant for his arrest that was unsealed last week. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2022 The Virginia man also was carrying brass knuckles and a switchblade, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Washington Post, 6 May 2022 The man accused of barging onstage and tackling Dave Chappelle while possessing a replica gun with a switchblade pleaded not guilty to the attack in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022 Gray, arrested by the Baltimore police for allegedly carrying a switchblade, sustained injuries to his spinal cord while being transported in a van. Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Mar. 2022 On paper, switchblade drones can be more precise than many of the weapons used by Russian and Ukrainian forces, such as fire bombs. Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of switchblade was in 1932

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