Knife vs Snickersnee - What's the difference?
knife | snickersnee |
A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing.
* 2007 , Scott Smith, The Ruins , page 273
A weapon designed with the aforementioned specifications intended for slashing and/or stabbing and too short to be called a sword. A dagger.
Any blade-like part in a tool or a machine designed for cutting, such as the knives for a chipper.
To cut with a knife .
To use a knife' to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the ' knife as a weapon.
To cut through as if with a knife .
To betray, especially in the context of a political slate.
To positively ignore, especially in order to denigrate. compare cut
A large sword-like knife, especially one used as a weapon.
* 1885 —
(archaic) A knife fight.
As nouns the difference between knife and snickersnee
is that knife is a utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge, attached to a handle. The blade may be pointed for piercing while snickersnee is a large sword-like knife, especially one used as a weapon.As a verb knife
is to cut with a knife.knife
English
Noun
(knives)- Jeff was bent low over the backboard, working with the knife , a steady sawing motion, his shirt soaked through with sweat.
Derived terms
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* athame * bayonet * bistoury * cake slice, cake-slice * dagger * poniard * scalpel * stiletto * (wikipedia "knife")Verb
(knif)snickersnee
English
Noun
(en noun)- As he squirmed and struggled,
- And gurgled and guggled,
- I drew my snickersnee ,
- My snickersnee !
References
*WorldWideWords.org*
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