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kniving en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /naɪvɪŋ/

Etymology

Inflected form of knive.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of knive
    form of knive

kniving en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /k(ə)ˈnaɪvɪŋ/

Etymology

Likely a mishearing of the misconstrued word's pronunciation as kniving with a pronounced k, perhaps influenced by its semantic associations with backstabbing and knives.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, misconstruction, not-comparable) Misconstruction of conniving.
    alt of conniving
    • When your so-called friends try to smear your name with their backstabbing and kniving games, look them straight in their eyes and say, I know who I am. 2003, Carlton D. Bembry, If I Were a Card: The Things I Would Say, →ISBN, page 13:
    • It was enough that Frederich was a kniving back-stabber who was always working with ... 2011, Tommy Anthony, Somewhere Along the Line, →ISBN:
    • He did not share his Duke's kniving mind, nor lack of morals and he had a good friend aboard one of those boats back across the turbulent sea. 2011, Juan Crazy, Succubus: Book 1 - Seven Hells, →ISBN, page 361:

kniving en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /k(ə)ˈnaɪvɪŋ/

Etymology

Likely a mishearing of the misconstrued word's pronunciation as kniving with a pronounced k, perhaps influenced by its semantic associations with backstabbing and knives.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, misconstruction) Misconstruction of conniving.
    alt of conniving
    • If I had a^([sic]) Indian in the car and also a sealed bottle of whiskey or a sealed case of beer and a cop stops me on a routine check I would be charged with kniving which has several meanings like the intention of giving him a drink sooner or later. 2006, Henry Pennier, Keith Thor Carlson, Kristina Rose Fagan, Call Me Hank, →ISBN, page 87: