knive up
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative form of knife up.
Example Sentences
- "The gentleman with a concave front and a large watch chain inquired of the kittinish^([sic]) old lady at the pie counter at the railroad station, “what kind of pie do you serve here?” “All four kinds,” she replied with smiling disdain. “What are they?” “Open faced, cross bar, knived up and the kind mother used to make.”"
- "One task force knived up the northwest side of the Iron Triangle, broke through Red defenses, and destroyed several enemy tanks."
- "And it was still snowing, but here and there jonquils knived up."
- "Rodriguez’s sister gets raped and knived up the way we had cut up the other gang. She was stabbed all over the head and chest."
- "I came down from London six years ago. That was an idea knived up with a friend of mine and his missus and my girlfriend at the time. It was like — we didn’t even know anything about the place — just a load of houses. We were living in a one bedroom thing in London — stick your feet out of bed and you’re in the oven!"
- "Men could be blown apart or knived up to the last minute in a war or die of tropical diseases far from medical help."