"OTF" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "extra": "or having a fixed blade",
          "word": "out-the-front"
        },
        {
          "extra": "or having a fixed blade",
          "word": "telescoping"
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        {
          "extra": "or having a fixed blade",
          "word": "describing a knife or sword which extends and retracts through a hole in one end of the handle"
        },
        {
          "extra": "or having a fixed blade",
          "word": "rather than folding"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Jesse C. Pacheco, Requiem of Assassins I: Assassination of the Raven, Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency, page 146",
          "text": "He retracted the OTF blade into the hilt and walked away. Azrael's phone rang. He sighed and answered the call. “What?” “What the hell do you think you are doing?” “I took care of a small problem.”",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Randy Eberle, Gemini, Ingramspark/CreateSpace Independent/Gutzmer Publishing, page 129",
          "text": "Frank never went anywhere without his OTF (out the front) gravity knife, issued to him by Uncle Sam […] He pushed the button forward to eject the blade from its olive-green hilt, and swung his arm around toward his [target].",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "[2015, Evan F. Nappen, Knife Laws of the U.S.: Loopholes, Pitfalls & Secrets, F+W Media, Inc.",
          "text": "Straight-line spring or end-line spring - with a blade that fires both in and out, which utilizes a unique mechanism that simultaneously compresses the spring and releases the blade on each up-and-down movement of the button on the knife. This is often referred to as an “out the front” or OTF.]",
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          "ref": "2017, Roger Eckstine, Shooter's Bible Guide to Knives: A Complete Guide to Fixed and Folding Blade Knives for Hunting, Survival, Personal Defense, and Everyday Carry, Simon and Schuster",
          "text": "I've found it better to just give them an OTF knife than to argue.",
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        "Initialism of out-the-front, telescoping, describing a knife or sword which extends and retracts through a hole in one end of the handle, rather than folding (or having a fixed blade)."
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  "word": "OTF"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "orbital test flight"
        }
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        "Initialism of orbital test flight."
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          "word": "OFT"
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  "word": "OTF"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "or having a fixed blade",
          "word": "out-the-front"
        },
        {
          "extra": "or having a fixed blade",
          "word": "telescoping"
        },
        {
          "extra": "or having a fixed blade",
          "word": "describing a knife or sword which extends and retracts through a hole in one end of the handle"
        },
        {
          "extra": "or having a fixed blade",
          "word": "rather than folding"
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          "ref": "2014, Jesse C. Pacheco, Requiem of Assassins I: Assassination of the Raven, Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency, page 146",
          "text": "He retracted the OTF blade into the hilt and walked away. Azrael's phone rang. He sighed and answered the call. “What?” “What the hell do you think you are doing?” “I took care of a small problem.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Randy Eberle, Gemini, Ingramspark/CreateSpace Independent/Gutzmer Publishing, page 129",
          "text": "Frank never went anywhere without his OTF (out the front) gravity knife, issued to him by Uncle Sam […] He pushed the button forward to eject the blade from its olive-green hilt, and swung his arm around toward his [target].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[2015, Evan F. Nappen, Knife Laws of the U.S.: Loopholes, Pitfalls & Secrets, F+W Media, Inc.",
          "text": "Straight-line spring or end-line spring - with a blade that fires both in and out, which utilizes a unique mechanism that simultaneously compresses the spring and releases the blade on each up-and-down movement of the button on the knife. This is often referred to as an “out the front” or OTF.]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Roger Eckstine, Shooter's Bible Guide to Knives: A Complete Guide to Fixed and Folding Blade Knives for Hunting, Survival, Personal Defense, and Everyday Carry, Simon and Schuster",
          "text": "I've found it better to just give them an OTF knife than to argue.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Initialism of out-the-front, telescoping, describing a knife or sword which extends and retracts through a hole in one end of the handle, rather than folding (or having a fixed blade)."
      ],
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  "word": "OTF"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "orbital test flight"
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        "Initialism of orbital test flight."
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          "word": "OFT"
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