knifer.html - n. & v.
--n.

(pl. knives)
1 a a metal blade used as a cutting tool with usu. one long sharp edge fixed rigidly in a handle or hinged (cf. PENKNIFE). b a similar tool used as a weapon.
2 a cutting-blade forming part of a machine.
3 (as the knife) a surgical operation or operations.

--v.

tr.
1 cut or stab with a knife.
2 sl. bring about the defeat of (a person) by underhand means.

at knife-point threatened with a knife or an ultimatum etc. before you can say knife colloq. very quickly or suddenly. get one's knife into treat maliciously or vindictively, persecute. knife-board a board on which knives are cleaned. knife-edge 1 the edge of a knife.
2 a position of extreme danger or uncertainty.
3 a steel wedge on which a pendulum etc. oscillates.
4 = AR

TE. knife-grinder 1 a travelling sharpener of knives etc.
2 a person who grinds knives etc. during their manufacture. knife-machine a machine for cleaning knives. knife-pleat a narrow flat pleat on a skirt etc., usu. overlapping another. knife-rest a metal or glass support for a carving-knife or -fork at table. knife-throwing a circus etc. act in which knives are thrown at targets. that one could cut with a knife colloq. (of an accent, atmosphere, etc.) very obvious, oppressive, etc.

knifelike adj. knifer n. [OE cnif f. ON knÂfr f. Gmc]

knifer.html - n. & v.
--n.

(pl. knives)
1 a a metal blade used as a cutting tool with usu. one long sharp edge fixed rigidly in a handle or hinged (cf. PENKNIFE). b a similar tool used as a weapon.
2 a cutting-blade forming part of a machine.
3 (as the knife) a surgical operation or operations.

--v.

tr.
1 cut or stab with a knife.
2 sl. bring about the defeat of (a person) by underhand means.

at knife-point threatened with a knife or an ultimatum etc. before you can say knife colloq. very quickly or suddenly. get one's knife into treat maliciously or vindictively, persecute. knife-board a board on which knives are cleaned. knife-edge 1 the edge of a knife.
2 a position of extreme danger or uncertainty.
3 a steel wedge on which a pendulum etc. oscillates.
4 = AR

TE. knife-grinder 1 a travelling sharpener of knives etc.
2 a person who grinds knives etc. during their manufacture. knife-machine a machine for cleaning knives. knife-pleat a narrow flat pleat on a skirt etc., usu. overlapping another. knife-rest a metal or glass support for a carving-knife or -fork at table. knife-throwing a circus etc. act in which knives are thrown at targets. that one could cut with a knife colloq. (of an accent, atmosphere, etc.) very obvious, oppressive, etc.

knifelike adj. knifer n. [OE cnif f. ON knÂfr f. Gmc]

knifer.html - See: CLOSE-KNIT.

knifer.html - See: STICK TO ONE'S KNITTING or TEND TO ONE'S KNITTING.

knifer.html - n.
1 a useless and usu. worthless ornament; a trinket.
2 a small, dainty article of furniture, dress, etc.

knick-knackery n. knick-knackish adj. [redupl. of knack in obs. sense 'trinket']

knifer.html - n.
1 (in pl.) loose-fitting breeches gathered at the knee or calf.
2 (Knickerbocker) a a New Yorker. b a descendant of the original Dutch settlers in New York.

Knickerbocker Glory ice-cream served with other ingredients in a tall glass. [Diedrich Knickerbocker, pretended author of W. Irving's History of New York (1809)]