1. switchblade - Noun
2. switchblade - Verb
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.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAfter 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