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switch-bladed

switch-bladed is the simple past and past participle of switch-blade.

switch-bladed is the alternative form of switchbladed.

Meaning of switch-blade

Adjective

switch-blade (not comparable)

  1. Having a spring-loaded blade.
    • Besides, if worse came to worst he had his pig-sticker— a beautiful switch-blade stiletto he'd scrounged off the body of a Latino after a gang war— in his back pocket.1991, Alan Rodgers; William Relling, Jr., New Life for the Dead, →ISBN, page 38

Meaning of switchbladed

Adjective

switchbladed (not comparable)

  1. Armed or equipped with a switchblade.
    • For at night, into the back of our stores and restful suburbs come these quiet, switchbladed ambassadors to remind us that the boundary issues are not yet settled.1960, Federal Probation News Letter, page 31
  2. Sharp or cutting.
    • And the sky's eyebrow is mine that rises at the switchbladed wind.1968, Lazar Sarna, The Singsong

Adjective

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

  1. Having a spring-loaded blade.
    • The symbol may be expressed antisocially by carrying a liquor flask, a switch-bladed knife, or a zip gun.1954, Janet Page Murray, Clyde E. Murray, Guide Lines for Group Leaders: The why and how of Group Work
    • Graham Crowden as Smythe, gang-killer with stiff upper lip and switch-bladed umbrella;1969, Motion Picture Herald - Volume 239, page 30

Forms of switch-bladed

comparativemore switch-bladed
superlativemost switch-bladed

Questions about switch-bladed

What does switch-bladed mean?
Switch-bladed means having a spring-loaded blade.
What is switch-bladed the simple past and past participle of?
Switch-bladed is the simple past and past participle of switch-blade.
What part of speech is switch-bladed?
Switch-bladed is an adjective.

Words near switch-bladed in the dictionary

  1. switch tack
  2. switch teams
  3. switch trading
  4. switch up
  5. switch-blade
  6. switch-bladed
  7. switch-blades
  8. switch-blading
  9. switch-hit
  10. switch-hits
  11. switch-hitter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: switch-bladed (page history and authors); switch-blade (page history and authors); switchbladed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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