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knifelike

knifelike adjective: resembling a knife or its effects.

Adjective

knifelike (comparative more knifelike, superlative most knifelike)

  1. Resembling a knife or its effects.
    • The patient reported a knifelike pain in his abdomen.
    • I hated the man at once. I lost not a moment. I darted my eyes across the table, caught his, and stabbed him with one of those withering knifelike glances that only the descendants of the great can inflict.1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major

Forms of knifelike

comparativemore knifelike
superlativemost knifelike

Origin of knifelike

From knife + -like.

Questions about knifelike

What does knifelike mean?
Knifelike means resembling a knife or its effects.
What part of speech is knifelike?
Knifelike is an adjective.

Words near knifelike in the dictionary

  1. knifehands
  2. knifejaw
  3. knifejaws
  4. knifeless
  5. knifelessness
  6. knifelike
  7. knifemaker
  8. knifemakers
  9. knifemaking
  10. knifeman
  11. knifemen

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