switch-bladed
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "The symbol may be expressed antisocially by carrying a liquor flask, a switch-bladed knife, or a zip gun."
- "Graham Crowden as Smythe, gang-killer with stiff upper lip and switch-bladed umbrella;"
- "'Sweet enough for my strong teeth,' he rejoined, and taking a switch-bladed knife from his pocket he approached the peach espalier and cut from it several of the luscious-looking fruits."
- "I slipped Ike's switch-bladed scaling knife from my bra and lunged."
- "And for these Negroes the question becomes: Will they join the switch-bladed white hoodlums and bearded hop-heads in a nihilistic revolt against civilization in general, against all form, cohesion and culture?"
- "In daylight, she — it — appears less human, its lips raised scars, its eyes switch-bladed slits."
Inflected Forms
more switch-bladed (comparative)
most switch-bladed (superlative)