Dictionary

pocketknife en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From pocket + knife.

Meanings

1. A knife small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket; usually a folding knife (with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into the handle).
   • Jimmy had a pocketknife, and he wandered into the drawing-room with it one day, alone, and reduced ten thousand dollars' worth of furniture to an indeterminable value in rather less than three-quarters of an hour. 1878, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad; About Magnanimous-Incident Literature:
   • The Army, the Navy, the Maritime Commission, and Lend-Lease demanded more and more pocketknives — for demolition kits, medical kits, aviators’ kits, electricians’ kits; knives with tools, knives with marlin spikes. The pocketknife attained a new status — as indispensable equipment for all men in uniform. 1944, Alfred Lief, Camillus: The Story of an American Small Business:

Forms

Coordinates

utility knife

Relateds

clasp-knife

Synonyms

jack-knife

Translations (75)

sh džepni nož (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ga scian phóca (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · es navaja (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · hy գրպանի դանակ (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · el σουγιάς (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ota چاقی (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · th มีดพับ (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · de Klappmesser (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ja ポケットナイフ (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · mn халаасны хутга (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · sq brisk (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · mi naihi whakakopa (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · sh џепни нож (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · he אוֹלָר (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · cy cyllell boced (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ba бәке (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · br kanived (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ota صویا (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · sv fällkniv (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · kmr kêrika berîkê (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · gl faca (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · bg джобен нож (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · yue 刀仔 (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ru карма́нный нож (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · hy չախու (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ro cuțit de buzunar (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · tr cep bıçağı (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · nb lommekniv (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · tg корд ҷайб (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · eo poŝtranĉilo (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · fr canif (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · sv fickkniv (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · gl solla (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ka ჯიბის დანა (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · sv pennkniv (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ro briceag (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · bg швейцарски нож (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · fi monitoimiveitsi (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · nl zakmes (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · is vasahnífur (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · sh perorez (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ko 주머니칼 (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · gl canivete (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · gl furrusca (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · da lommekniv (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · pt canivete (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · fi taskuveitsi (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ca navalla (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · uk складаний ніж (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · sh перорез (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · cmn 小刀 (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · gl navalla (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · fi linkkuveitsi (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · de Taschenmesser (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · be складаны нож (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · mt temprin tal-but (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · jam ratchet (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · hu zsebkés (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · nn lommekniv (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · th มีดพก (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · pl scyzoryk (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · tpi poketnaip (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · eu labana (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · tr çakı (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · vo pokaneif (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · hy ծալովի դանակ (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · cs kapesní nůž (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · hu bicska (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · io kulteleto (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ru складно́й нож (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · az cib bıçağı (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · fo lummaknívur (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · ru перочи́нный нож (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · sq biçak (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) · sq thikëz (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle)