Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knifecrime

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: knife-crime
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of knife crime.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

British usage; Humorous

Example Sentences

"Is it just my imagine, or has teh yoof on the left of the top bit just knifecrimed someone?"
"Is this not just another example of racist stereotyping - the little gollies are basically criminals, probably going around doing lots of knifecriming."
"Jack: "Oi, don't you talk to my fuckin' bird like that you paedophile bastard or I'll fuckin' knifecrime you.""

Etymology

From knife + crime.

Usage

Inflected Forms

knifecrimes (plural) knifecrimes (present, singular) knifecriming (participle, present) knifecrimed (participle, past) knifecrimed (past)

Synonyms

ching shiv chef chib chive enthrill foin gore gride jab job juke

Questions

What does knifecrime mean?: Alternative form of knife crime.
Where does knifecrime come from?: From knife + crime.

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