switchblade

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
2. verb To attack or cut with a switchblade.
3. verb To spring open or up.
4. verb To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.

Similar words

switchblade knife shiv switchknife gravity knife clasp-knife flick knife clasp knife button lock flick-knife jack-knife

Often followed by

knife and knives in from to out on that

Word family

switchblade knife switchblades