Thesaurus results for POCKETKNIFE

pocketknife

noun

Definition of pocketknife

as in knife

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Recent Examples of pocketknife Brown, 34, could face the death penalty in the killing of Zarutska, who was stabbed from behind with a pocketknife while seated and looking at her phone in an unprovoked attack on August 22, 2025. — Andy Buck, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 The teen said Katz had bought him a spinning ring and a pocketknife and gifts for his siblings that included a Nintendo Switch. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 Cadets in the video described stabbing him with their pocketknives during a desperate struggle for the gun. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026 For carry-on bags, avoid bringing full-size shampoo or other liquids, large gels or aerosols and items like pocketknives in carry-on bags. — ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pocketknife

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Noun

In a video obtained by TMZ, a man the outlet identified as Perez is shown taking out a large butcher’s knife from his black sweatshirt pocket.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Georgia’s Kirby Smart took notice of Columbia’s sophomore Swiss Army knife, a versatile prospect able to line up just about anywhere.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of knife

Noun

Researchers verified video of an officer carrying a machete that day, but did not establish who killed him.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Danny Trejo has played a Mexican revolutionary, a Mexican cop, a Mexican cartel assassin and, of course, a Mexican ex-con who kills bad guys with a machete.

— Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of machete

Noun

Despite the double-digit lead, TCU failed to deliver the dagger offensively and gave Baylor multiple chances to mount a comeback.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
Nik Bonitto stripped wideout Rashid Shaheed in scoring territory, Kris Abrams-Draine pulled down a fourth-quarter interception, and McMillian delivered the dagger in overtime.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of dagger

Noun

Markos takes revenge by slicing up Matt’s face with a switchblade, leaving him horribly disfigured and his acting career essentially over.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Officers found a switchblade and a glass drug pipe in his pants pockets, according to the complaint.

— Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of switchblade

Noun

The stone bayonet from the rifle carved over the back of a third statue was also missing.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Both his suggestion and the jolly appreciation seem out of tune with the situation ‘far from home’, which may be a military manoeuvre involving mock battles and bayonet practice, or a preparation for actual combat.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of bayonet

Noun

The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.

— Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.

— Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024

Definition of cutlass

Noun

The singer paired a Ferragamo dress with the same black satin stiletto mules it was shown with on the runway at the Ferragamo spring 2027 fashion show during Milan Fashion Week in September.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
An effortless stiletto mule and a compact shoulder bag add just enough to this ensemble without going overboard.

— Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stiletto

Noun

When the Republican Charles Sumner was struck down by a Southerner on the Senate floor, Raymond’s paper called for armed resistance by pistol, bludgeon, and bowie knife, if necessary.

— Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The speaker that February night was Cassius Marcellus Clay, a bold and brawling Kentucky abolitionist, equally skilled with a stump speech and a bowie knife.

— Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024

Definition of bowie knife

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