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knife 2, verb(dictionary)

knife(2) (iou)



knife verb. M19.
[from the noun Cf. KNIVE verb.]
verb trans. Cut or stab with a knife; techn. trim with a knife. M19.
Conan Doyle I would have thought no more of knifing him than of smoking this cigar. S. Kitzinger Rape..is violence, just as much as being knifed.
(Attempt to) bring about the defeat of (a person) in an underhand way. slang. L19.
verb intrans. Move as with the action of a knife cutting or passing through. E20.
Coarse Angler The line knifed up..through the brown water of the loch.
knifer noun (a) a person who carries or uses a knife as a weapon; (b) a person who trims the soles and heels of shoes and boots: L19.