Definitions for kukri

kukri kuk·ri

Spelling: [koo k-ree]
IPA: /ˈkʊk ri/

Kukri is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in kukri (ikkru).

Definitions for kukri

noun

  1. a large knife having a heavy curved blade that is sharp on the concave side, used by the Napalese Gurkhas for hunting and combat.

Origin of kukri

First recorded in 1805-15, kukri is from the Hindi word kukṛī

Examples for kukri

When I begged for mercy, they threatened to behead me and struck me on the head with the handle of a kukri.

It will be a bad lookout for the Count if the edge of that kukri ever touches his throat, driven by that stern, ice-cold hand!

If he is a good shot, and expert with his kukri and kora, so much the better for him.

Bechan walks to a hanging festoon of it and cuts it through with a blow of his kukri.

One of the Gurkhas bent down, sliced off some of the cloth with his kukri, and burst out laughing.

One Gurkha made his way into a house, and single-handed captured five Germans, whom he marched off at the point of his kukri.

With his kukri he did wonders out there on stilly nights, when he wriggled "over the top," gripping its good blade in his teeth.

Dermot selected the biggest stem and hacked it down with his kukri.

Karbir turned on him like a tiger, with kukri uplifted, and the Punjabi jumped back.

Their national weapon is the kukri, a heavy curved knife, which they use for every possible purpose.

Word Value for kukri
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Words with friends

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