"flick knife" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: flick knives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|flick knives}} flick knife (plural flick knives)
  1. (British, Ireland) A type of knife which has the blade mounted on a pivot so that it can fold back sideways into the handle when not in use, but can flick out straight, usually with a spring-loaded mechanism, when required. Tags: British, Ireland Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: switchblade, flicky
    Sense id: en-flick_knife-en-noun-Usn-hKDB Disambiguation of Weapons: 58 42 Categories (other): British English, Irish English
  2. A type of folding knife, which with a flick of the wrist, using the momentum generated, can open the knife out straight.
    Sense id: en-flick_knife-en-noun-NUL~wzQR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flick-knife

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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