Knife and Spit

Knife

Knife verb - Use a knife on.
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Synonyms for Knife

Spit and knife are semantically related. in stab with pointed tool topic. In some cases you can use "Spit" instead a verb "Knife".

Nearby Words: knifing, knifed

Spit

Spit verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets
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Synonyms for Spit

Knife and spit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knife" instead a verb "Spit".

Nearby Words: spitting, spited, spiting, spitted

How words are described

old old knife old spit
good good knife good spit
similar similar knife similar spit
regular regular knife regular spit
Other adjectives: original, small, large, great, slow, little, tiny, red-hot, basic, giant.

Common collocations

results knife results spit results
enemies knife enemies spit enemies

Both words in one sentence

  • Licking the Blade During one episode, Jayne spits on the blade of his combat knife (and yes, it has a name) as he's sharpening it before licking off the spit.
  • Series / Firefly Spit Shine: Jayne does this with a knife, combining this with Licking the Blade.
  • Not helped when the episode sneak peek for "Gem Harvest" had Steven use a knife-like trowel to carve a pumpkin in front of a Pumpkin Dog he'd used his spit to create, with the entire scene played like the Pumpkin Dog witnessing a murder.
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