switchblade
IPA: swˈɪtʃbɫeɪd
noun
- A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
verb
- (transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
- (intransitive) To spring open or up.
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
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Examples of "switchblade" in Sentences
- His weapon of choice is a switchblade.
- He uses his switchblade to cut a swatch of wallpaper.
- The murder weapon was determined to be a switchblade knife.
- There is evidence of a 'violent struggle' and a switchblade is found.
- That very night, Switchblade Sam stealthily enters the Wilsons' home.
- Scott then attempts to fly the Switchblade away, with Robinson in tow.
- McKinney agreed to draw the book, and the result was Switchblade Honey.
- Although commonly confused with switchblade knives, there is a difference.
- Sale of a switchblade is authorised only to the persons and organizations above.
- Marie shocked the polite society of his married officer friends and their wives by pulling a switchblade out of her purse and cleaning her nails.