All knife synonyms
knife
K k noun knife
- bayonet β A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
- dagger β A dagger is a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
- blade β The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
- sword β a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.
- skewer β an oblique movement, direction, or position.
- machete β a large heavy knife used especially in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
- sickle β an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
- cutter β A cutter is a tool that you use for cutting through something.
- scalpel β a small, light, usually straight knife used in surgical and anatomical operations and dissections.
- lance β a male given name.
- steel β any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- shank β Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- point β a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- cutlass β A cutlass is a short sword that used to be used by sailors.
- sabre β to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.
- switchblade β a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- scythe β an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- bolo β a large single-edged knife, originating in the Philippines
- stiletto β a short dagger with a blade that is thick in proportion to its width.
- ripper β rip
- scimitar β a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
- tickler β a person or thing that tickles.
- shiv β a knife, especially a switchblade.
- lancet β a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- cutting edge β If you are at the cutting edge of a particular field of activity, you are involved in its most important or most exciting developments.
- skiver β a person or thing that skives.
verb knife
- spit β to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- thrust β to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- open up β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- stab β to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- spear β a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- stick β a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- wound β the act of winding.
- lacerate β to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- slash β to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
- brand β If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing.
- carve β If you carve an object, you make it by cutting it out of a substance such as wood or stone. If you carve something such as wood or stone into an object, you make the object by cutting it out.
- clip β A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- impale β to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- jag β a period of unrestrained indulgence in an activity; spree; binge: a crying jag; a talking jag.
- kill β to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- pierce β to penetrate into or run through (something), as a sharp, pointed dagger, object, or instrument does.
- slice β a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.