flick-knife

1. 1.

   a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button

   Synonymsswitchbladeswitchblade knifeflick knife

   Broaderpocketknife

Questions about flick-knife

What does flick-knife mean?

flick-knife means "a pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button".

How many syllables are in flick-knife?

flick-knife has 2 syllables: flick-k-nife. The stress falls on "flick-k".

What is another word for flick-knife?

Close synonyms include switchblade, switchblade knife, flick knife. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flick-knife a common word?

flick-knife is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.