- flick-knife
- noun Date: 1957 British switchblade
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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flick-knife — flick knives also flick knife N COUNT A flick knife is a knife with a blade in the handle that springs out when a button is pressed. [BRIT] (in AM, use switchblade) … English dictionary
flick-knife — flick′ knife or flick′ knife n. brit. switchblade • Etymology: 1955–60 … From formal English to slang
flick knife — n BrE a knife with a blade inside the handle that moves quickly into position when you press a button American Equivalent: switchblade … Dictionary of contemporary English
flick knife — flick ,knife noun count BRITISH a knife whose blade is hidden inside the handle. It comes out very quickly when you push a button on the handle … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
flick knife — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a knife with a blade that springs out from the handle when a button is pressed … English terms dictionary
flick-knife — [flik′nīf΄] n. Brit. SWITCHBLADE (KNIFE) … English World dictionary
flick-knife — noun a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button • Syn: ↑switchblade, ↑switchblade knife, ↑flick knife • Hypernyms: ↑pocketknife, ↑pocket knife * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun … Useful english dictionary
flick knife — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flick knife : singular flick knife plural flick knives British a knife whose blade is hidden inside the handle. It comes out very quickly when you push a button on the handle … English dictionary
flick knife — noun a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button • Syn: ↑switchblade, ↑switchblade knife, ↑flick knife • Hypernyms: ↑pocketknife, ↑pocket knife … Useful english dictionary
flick-knife — /flik nuyf /, n. Chiefly Brit. switchblade. Also, flick knife. [1955 60] * * * … Universalium
flick knife — see flick knife … English dictionary
