Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stick the knife in

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
stick- the knife in
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To say or do something deliberately and unnecessarily malicious.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

sticks the knife in (present, singular) sticking the knife in (participle, present) stuck the knife in (participle, past) stuck the knife in (past)

Questions

What does stick the knife in mean?
To say or do something deliberately and unnecessarily malicious.

How to pronounce stick the knife in

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