flick-knife


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switch•blade

(ˈswɪtʃˌbleɪd)

n.
a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button. Also called switch′blade knife′.
[1905–10]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.flick-knife - a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a buttonflick-knife - a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
flick knife, switchblade, switchblade knife
pocket knife, pocketknife - a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket
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<B Zain Shahzad pleaded guilty to possessing this militarystyle flick-knife, right, in the St David's shopping centre
Knifeman threatened officer and shopper
He said: "I was walking down Peel Street when a man appeared from nowhere, stuck a flick-knife up against my kidneys and said 'give me your money.' "He took my wallet with everything in it - I'm not a fighter so if he'd have asked I would have just given him the money because the cards were important.
Carer left numb after knifepoint robbery
> Akimba Llewellyn About a month later, he asked another victim for a cigarette in Handsworth, before pulling out a flick-knife.
Robber, 23, 'gloried' in stabbings
About a month later he asked another victim for a cigarette in Handsworth, before pulling out a flick-knife.
Street robber stabbed two victims as he stole iPhones then boasted to his sister about 'what I've done'; Akimba Llewellyn, 23, "gloried" what he had done in messages to his sister, in which he said: "You should have seen what I have done"
David Lee Collins, 19, died after a flick-knife was plunged into his chest.
BRIT SOLDIER KNIFED TO DEATH IN CYPRUS; Three teen tourists facing court
Police found two pistols, a flick-knife, CS gas spray and a collection of ammunition in a dealer's den along with cash and a stash of class A drugs that appeared to have been packaged up into individual deals.
Weapons are uncovered in drugs swoop
Right, a flick-knife DANGEROUS Dozens of combat knives, machetes and other blades were discovered when police searched Nicholson's Tyneside home and uncovered his business importing them from America
Loner's suburban secrets uncovered; Man launched knife importation business from his Tyneside home
The court heard that the charge of perverting the course of justice related to a false alibi in relation to the wounding offence, and the offensive weapon had been a flick-knife.
Man in court over stabbing outside pub
One pulled out a flick-knife and threatened the teenager before trying to stab him in the hand when he fought them off.
Three charged with trying to rob train boy of i-Pod
TWO Midland men have been jailed for trying to smuggle a gun, CS gas, flick-knife and knuckle-dusters into the UK through the Channel Tunnel.
Smuggle pair jailed
The 24-year-old Mirfield man was forced to hand over a pounds 2,500 gold chain and his mobile phone after being threatened by a thug with a flick-knife at Bradley Mills.
Canal bank robbery
But at the press of a button it transforms into a deadly flick-knife.
KILLER CIG-LIGHTER; EXCLUSIVE Police warn of new peril as secret knives flood Britain

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