Reverse Dictionary: KNIFE

ADJECTIVES
► CULTRIVOROUS designating a knife-swallower or sword-swallower → 1833
► PACKING carrying a gun or knife → L19 sl., orig. US

NOUNS
► APPLE-PEELER a knife → M19 sl.
► ARKANSAS TOAD STABBER a sharp knife → 1994 US sl.
► ARKANSAS TOOTHPICK any hunting knife when used for fighting, esp. a Bowie knife; a bayonet → 1837 Amer. sl.
► AX ► AXE a straight razor or knife → 1896 Amer. sl.
► BARLOW KNIFE a single-bladed pocket knife → 1779 Amer. dial.
► BILL a small knife that can be carried and concealed easily, used as a weapon → 1935 African-American sl.
► BILLY BARLOW a pocket knife → 1916 Amer. dial.
► BILLY KNIFE a pocket knife → 1916 Amer. dial.
► BORER a knife, esp. when carried or used as a weapon → 2003 Black British sl.
► BUTCH a butcher knife → 1859 US sl.
► BUTCHER a butcher knife → 1834 US sl.
► BUTTON a switchblade knife → 1950s US gang sl.
► CALIFORNIA TOOTHPICK a large knife → M19 US sl.
► CARVER a carving knife → 1840
– a knife used as a weapon → 1907 US sl.
► CHARMING WIFE a knife → 1914 rhyming sl.
► CHIV ► CHIVE ► SHIV ► SHIVE a knife → 1673 sl.
► CHURY a knife → 1812 sl.
► CUTTLE a knife → 1551 obs.
► DALLAS SPECIAL a pocketknife with a blade longer than the legal limit → 1949 Amer. dial.
► DARLING WIFE a knife → World War I Brit. rhyming sl.
► DIRK a knife or improvised cutting weapon → 1950 US sl.
► DRUM AND FIFE a knife → 1960 UK rhyming sl.
► EDGE a knife, used or intended for use as a weapon → 1972 US sl.
► EVENER a weapon; a club, knife, or other aid a small man claims as an equalizer in a fight with a large opponent → 1949 Amer. dial.
► FACE the edge of a knife or sharp instrument → Bk1900 Sc.
► GUT-RIPPER a knife used as a weapon → 1941 Amer. sl.
► HAFT a handle, esp. of a knife or small tool → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HEAN the handle of a knife → 1863 Eng. dial.
► HOOK a straight razor or knife used as a weapon → 1918 Amer. prison sl.
► HUSBAND AND WIFE a knife → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► JABBLE a large, blunt needle; a knife → 1788 Sc.
► JACKALEGS ► JACKILEGS ► JACKYLEGS ► JOCKALEGS a pocketknife; a large clasp knife → 1790 Eng. dial.
► JACK-LAG-KNIFE a clasp knife → 1777 Eng. dial.
► JACK-OF-LEGS a large clasp knife → Bk1896 sl.
► KANSAS NECK-BLISTER a Bowie knife → L19 US sl.
► KINIFEE a knife → 1950s Aust. teen sl.
► LAMPREY the hilt of a knife; a knife → 1802 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► MAHOSKA, THE ► MAHOSKER, THE anything illicit or necessarily secret; anything conferring power; a weapon or an item of contraband; a pistol or revolver; a knife → 1943 Amer. sl.
► MAN AND WIFE a knife → 1910s rhyming sl.
► MISSOURI TOOTHPICK a large knife, similar to a bowie knife → M19 US sl.
► MURDERER a dagger, a knife → 1500 obs.
► NEB the blade of a knife → 1808 Sc.
► NEEDLE a knife → 1930 sl.
► NIGGER FLICKER a weapon, usually a small knife or a razor blade with one side heavily taped to preserve the user’s fingers → 1950s African-American sl., derogatory
► OCHIVE a bone-handled knife → E18 UK criminals’ sl.
► ONION PEELER a switchblade knife → 2000 sl., orig. African-American
► OX a knife → 2002 US sl.
► PIG-STICKER a bayonet, a knife, esp. a large folding knife; a pocketknife → 1870 Amer. dial.
► RAGGER a sea-taboo word for a knife → 1890 Sc. obs.
► RUSSELL BARLOW KNIFE a single-bladed pocket knife → 1779 Amer. dial.
► SAX a knife → 1884 Eng. dial.
► SCALE the ivory, horn, or other covering of the handle of a knife → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► SHANK a knife → 1960s Amer. sl.
► SIR SYDNEY a clasp knife → 1812 sl.
► SWITCH a switchblade knife that opens with a button-operated spring → 1949 US sl.
► TANG anything ending in a point; a knife; a piece of iron used for fencing → 1784 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THWITTLE a large knife, esp. a butcher’s knife; a carving-knife → 1740 Eng. dial.
► TOAD-STABBER a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife → 1877 Amer. dial.
► TOAD-STICKER a large knife, sword, or bayonet; now esp. a large folding knife, a pocketknife → 1847 Amer. dial.
► TOE-JABBER a knife considered as a weapon → 1962 US sl.
► TOOL the cutting part of a knife, the blade → 1653 obs.
► TOOTHPICK a knife, esp. a switchblade → 1844 US sl.
► VINEGAR STICK a thin, stiletto-like knife → 1930s US criminals’ sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► AXE MAN ► AXMAN one who carries or wields a knife → L19 sl., orig. African-American
► HACKUM one who uses a knife → 1881 US sl.
► RIPPER one who has a reputation for cutting others with a knife → 1940s African-American sl.

VERBS
► PACK to carry a weapon, usually a gun or knife → L19 sl., orig. US