KNIFING

Noun

knifing (plural knifings)

An instance of stabbing with a knife.

Hypernym: stabbing

Verb

knifing

present participle of knife

Anagrams

• finking

Source: Wiktionary

KNIFE

Knife, n.; pl. Knives. Etym: [OE. knif, AS. cnif; akin to D. knijf, Icel. knifr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]

1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.

2. A sword or dagger. The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. Shak. Knife grass (Bot.) a tropical American sedge (Scleria latifolia), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife.

– War to the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity.

Knife, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knifed; p. pr. & vb. n. Knifing.]

1. (Hort.)

Definition: To prune with the knife.

2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition