switchblade
pronunciation
How to pronounce switchblade in British English:
UK [ˈswɪtʃbleɪd]
How to pronounce switchblade in American English:
US [ˈswɪtʃˌbled]
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- Noun:
- a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
Word Origin
- switchblade (n.)
- also switch-blade, type of folding pocket knife, 1932, from switch (n.) + blade. So called for the "switch" which is pressed to spring the knife open. Earlier a similar tool was known as an Arkansas toothpick (1837) and a clasp-knife (1755).
Example
- 1. A deadly weapon , such as a firearm or switchblade .
- 2. The answer is switchblade , an unmanned , shape-changing plane concept under development by northrop grumman .
- 3. In an interview environment , the switchblade cant help merely " litter talk " his sometime boss .
- 4. Just give him your money . He 's got a switchblade .
- 5. Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down .