hunting knife noun1 •A knife optimized for use in hunting animals, usually with a substantial belly and sometimes with a back edge that is partially serrated for sawing; fixed-blade and folding versions are both popular, and tasks such as field dressing, skinning, and bushcraft are anticipated.I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me. — 1918 formshunting knives