pocketknife

Noun

Meaning

A knife with one or more blades, which fold into the handle so as to admit of being carried in the pocket.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pocket knife penknife ripper shiv knife blade shotgun bowie razor weapon jackknife bowie knife backsword howitzer Swiss Army knife
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Antonyms

large spoon

Hypernyms

knife

Hyponyms

jackknife penknife switchblade clasp knife flick knife switchblade knife

Derivatives

-knives pocketknives

Examples

Blackburn was covered in blood and had a pocketknife that also had blood on it, police said in the court record. Source: Internet

My namesake and great uncle, Sidney Leavell, gave me my first pocketknife when I was a little boy in the early 1940s. Source: Internet

Nobody knows this, so do not let it get around, but I have a small pocketknife collection. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pocketful pockethandkerchief pocketing pocketknives pocketless pocketlight