knife up (English, verb)
expansion: knife up (third-person singular simple present knifes up, present participle knifing up, simple past and past participle knifed up)
Senses:
glosses: To trim the edges on a boot or shoe of bits of leather, etc. that may be attached to the sides.
tags: dated
glosses: To trim with a knife.
tags: broadly
glosses: To extract a morsel or dab (of something) with a knife.
glosses: To cut up or carve up with a knife.
glosses: To slice through; to cut or traverse a path through or between.
tags: figuratively
glosses: To penetrate sharply upward.
tags: figuratively
glosses: To move in a stabbing or penetrating manner
tags: figuratively
glosses: To traverse up the body in a quick stabbing sensation
tags: figuratively
glosses: To sit up or stand up suddenly.
tags: figuratively
glosses: To rise precipitously.
Forms:
form: knifes up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: knifing up
tags: participle
present
form: knifed up
tags: participle
past
form: knifed up
tags: past
form: knive up
tags: alternative