switch-bladed

English

Verb

switch-bladed

1. simple past and past participle of switch-blade

Adjective

switch-bladed (comparative more switch-bladed, superlative most switch-bladed)

1. Having a spring-loaded blade.
   • 1954, Janet Page Murray, Clyde E. Murray, Guide Lines for Group Leaders: The why and how of Group Work:

     The symbol may be expressed antisocially by carrying a liquor flask, a switch-bladed knife, or a zip gun.

   • 1969, Motion Picture Herald - Volume 239, page 30:

     Graham Crowden as Smythe, gang-killer with stiff upper lip and switch-bladed umbrella;

   • 1977, Margot Dalton, A Family Likeness, →ISBN, page 87:

     'Sweet enough for my strong teeth,' he rejoined, and taking a switch-bladed knife from his pocket he approached the peach espalier and cut from it several of the luscious-looking fruits.

   • 2016, Angela Zeman, The Witch and the Borscht Pearl:

     I slipped Ike's switch-bladed scaling knife from my bra and lunged.

2. Alternative form of switchbladed
   • 1966, Triumph - Volumes 1-2, page 38:

     And for these Negroes the question becomes: Will they join the switch-bladed white hoodlums and bearded hop-heads in a nihilistic revolt against civilization in general, against all form, cohesion and culture?

   • 1997, Scott Heim, In Awe:

     In daylight, she — it — appears less human, its lips raised scars, its eyes switch-bladed slits.