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flick-knife

or flick knife

[ flik-nahyf ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chiefly British.

flick knife

a knife with a retractable blade that springs out when a button is pressed US and Canadian wordswitchblade

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First recorded in 1955–60

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Ava's friends said the boy, who was 14 at the time, "grinned" after stabbing her in the neck with a flick-knife before fleeing the scene.

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Ava's friends said the boy "grinned" after stabbing her in the neck with a flick-knife before fleeing the scene.

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He could face further fines on Monday after he is questioned about carrying the flick-knife he was found with.

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Manchester Grammar School pupil Yousef Makki was stabbed in the heart with a flick-knife in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, on 2 March.

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Boy A has admitted lying to police at the scene and has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice and possessing a flick-knife.

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