Usually means: Knife with a retractable blade.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word switchblade:

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  1. switchblade: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. switchblade: Merriam-Webster
  3. switchblade: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. switchblade: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. switchblade: Collins English Dictionary
  6. switchblade: Vocabulary.com
  7. Switchblade, switchblade: Wordnik
  8. switchblade: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. switchblade: Wiktionary
  10. switchblade: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. switchblade: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. switchblade: Dictionary.com
  13. switchblade: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Switchblade (album), Switchblade (band), Switchblade (video game), Switchblade: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. switchblade: Rhymezone
  16. switchblade: FreeDictionary.org
  17. switchblade: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. switchblade: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. switchblade: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To spring open or up.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.

Similar:
switchblade knife, switchknife, gravity knife, clasp-knife, flick knife, clasp knife, button lock, flick-knife, jack-knife, jackknife switch, more...

Opposite:
fixed blade, folding knife, non-automatic knife

Types:
stiletto, butterfly knife, gravity knife, balisong, more...

Phrases:
switchblade knife, AeroVironment Switchblade, Strawberry Switchblade, Samson Switchblade, The Cross and the Switchblade, more...

Adjectives:
inch, long, open, handled, small, large, own, illegal, big, shiny, concealed



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Similar:
switchblade knife, switchknife, gravity knife, clasp-knife, flick knife, clasp knife, button lock, flick-knife, jack-knife, jackknife switch, more...

Opposite:
fixed blade, folding knife, non-automatic knife

Types:
stiletto, butterfly knife, gravity knife, balisong, more...

Phrases:
switchblade knife, AeroVironment Switchblade, Strawberry Switchblade, Samson Switchblade, The Cross and the Switchblade, Switchblade Symphony, Northrop Grumman Switchblade, more...

Adjectives:
inch, long, open, handled, small, large, own, illegal, big, shiny, concealed



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