switchblade

Speech parts

1. switchblade - Noun

2. switchblade - Verb

Meaning

switchblade (plural switchblades)

A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.

(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

After slitting so many throats and stabbing so much skin, her switchblade would also break after a time. Source: Internet

Although the three-wheeled vehicle is technically classified as a motorcycle under federal statute, Sam Bousfield, the inventor of the Switchblade, touted its speed capabilities both on and off the ground. Source: Internet

In August, John Otto spent the night in jail in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on a misdemeanor charge of carrying a concealed weapon, after allegedly firing a BB gun and being arrested for carrying a switchblade. Source: Internet

• Arrest—Pacific Coast Highway—Police arrested Samuel Beltran on suspicion of misdemeanor carrying a switchblade knife on his person. Source: Internet

During the incident, the suspect was found in possession of a switchblade dagger concealed on his person and open, ready for use. Source: Internet

Pictured in the image above, Reporter Cole Miller and Videographer Mike Soe drove three hours from Portland to do an in-depth TV News segment on the Switchblade, which aired late last week. Source: Internet

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