switch blade

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see switch, blade.

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Meanings

nounswitch blade (plural switch blades)

plural switch blades

  1. alternativeAlternative form of switchblade.

    Seeing her car keys, she grabbed the chain, finding her switch blade.

    2009, Jennie Papa, Dante's Sins, →ISBN, page 78
    2 more examples

    Sam pulls a switch blade from out of his boot, and runs toward Daton.

    2011, Daton L. Fluker, Death Keeper's Biological Wasteland, →ISBN, page 148

    In each boot was a small knife, in her left pocket was a pocket knife, taped to her right wrist was a switch blade, and holstered to her shoulder was a dagger.

    2012, Jessica Badrick, In Too Deep, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see switch, blade.
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APA

switch blade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/switch%20blade

MLA

“switch blade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/switch%20blade. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “switch blade,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/switch%20blade.

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