Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ballistic knife

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: bal-lis-tic knife
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A weapon that fires a knife blade.

Example Sentences

"The pain, he knew, would follow in seconds. By all rights, he should be dead by now. The hilt of the ballistic knife remained in the youth's hand. Good to a range of about ten meters, the weapon was capable of being fired silently and accurately"

Inflected Forms

ballistic knives (plural)

Questions

What does ballistic knife mean?: A weapon that fires a knife blade.

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