Sekirov Dictionary

switchblade

/ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbleɪd/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 3

verb3

•
To attack or cut with a switchblade.
- I got terrible hangovers from the cheap booze; and, one night, I almost got switchbladed when I put my arm around the wrong "lady of the night. — 1987
•
To spring open or up.
- Switchblading open their silvery cell phones, they call their mortgage brokers and say “Buy.” — 2007
•
To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
- He briefly rocked medical school, switchbladed to accounting and finally joked his first radio script in 1938. — 1963

noun1

A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.

forms

switchbladed · switchblading · switchblades

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