switchblade
a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
Origin of switchblade
1- Also called switchblade knife, switch knife .
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How to use switchblade in a sentence
The other two curs outa the same litter: switchblade an' Turkey-Buzzard, over there.
Lone Star Planet | Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuireThe next day, switchblade Joe Bonney came in to make payment on a note we were holding on him.
Lone Star Planet | Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuireAfter a moment he withdrew it, and fumbled in his leg pocket withdrawing a switchblade knife.
First on the Moon | Jeff SuttonThe switchblade snicked back and disappeared into a side pocket of the jacket, while Ord watched it with fascinated eyes.
Remember the Alamo | R. R. Fehrenbach
British Dictionary definitions for switchblade
switchblade knife
/ (ˈswɪtʃˌbleɪd) /
US and Canadian a knife with a retractable blade that springs out when a button is pressed
- Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): flick knife
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