bowie knife

noun

bow·ie knife ˈbü-ē-

ˈbō-

Synonyms of bowie knife next

: a stout single-edged hunting knife with part of the back edge curved concavely to a point and sharpened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife. —

Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018 During a mob scene, Thumbelina stabs one of the movie’s villains with a bowie knife before jumping on a table and mowing down the police with a machine gun. —

Matthew Sedacca, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018

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