knifeplay
/ˈnaɪf(ˌ)pleɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sexual practice involving the use of knives, daggers, or swords for physical and mental stimulation.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Reinhart had finished his neat knifeplay, having transformed a half-pound of slab bacon into an accumulation of little strips measuring half an inch by an inch and a half."
- ""Can't either of you think? If we have to fight I want you to blary win. For that you need training and practice. Swordplay, knifeplay, bare-knuckle, staves. Archery. Trickery. Everything.""
- "After a tense confrontation that almost lead to knifeplay, Lawrence recounted, "Mohammed Said and Abd el Kader then went away, breaking vengeance against me as a Christian.""
- "When the professor turned out to be too warped even for my tastes — consensual knifeplay is one thing; drunken gunplay quite another […]"
- "Michael's knifeplay had never aroused him, but that fact had never concerned Jonathan, for Michael had never insisted upon it."
- "Partly because I loved milder forms of knifeplay but had never taken it as far as I'd fantasized, but mostly because of her."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnaɪf(ˌ)pleɪ/