Definitions for kukris

kukris kuk·ri

Spelling: [koo k-ree]
IPA: /ˈkʊk ri/

Kukris is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in kukris (ikkrsu).

Definitions for kukris

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 kukris

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

Examples for kukris

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for kukris
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Words with friends

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