Definitions for pocketknife

pocketknife pock·et·knife

Spelling: [pok-it-nahyf]
IPA: /ˈpɒk ɪtˌnaɪf/

Pocketknife is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 26 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 29 points.

You can make 415 anagrams from letters in pocketknife (ceefikknopt).

Definitions for pocketknife

noun

  1. a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle, suitable for carrying in the pocket.

Origin of pocketknife

First recorded in 1720-30; pocket + knife

Examples for pocketknife

His pocketknife was a serviceable one and he had plenty of physical strength.

Taking out his pocketknife he neatly snipped one of the small wires.

In a trice he had out his pocketknife and with it he cut Ralph's bonds.

Next for Olson a painting, a kitchen set, and a pocketknife.

With his pocketknife Kilmeny cut the string that tied the sack.

He then allegedly grabbed a pocketknife and told her he would “execute your kids” if she called the police.

It took heroin addiction a year and nine months to take me from my desk at a literary agency to hold ups with a pocketknife.

He would stop that steer somehow if he had only his pocketknife to do it.

He opened his pocketknife and carefully slit the covering at one end.

Nat with his pocketknife had carved a memorial upon a slab of timber.

Word Value for pocketknife
Scrable

26

Words with friends

29

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