knifepoint
the sharp tip of a knife.
Idioms about knifepoint
at knifepoint, under threat of being cut or stabbed with a knife: He was robbed at knifepoint.
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How to use knifepoint in a sentence
She worked hard dealing drugs, but at the end of her shift the boys would steal her earnings at knife point.
Let the pencil or knife point make a dash on the thing measured which would exactly continue the division line on the ruler.
Manual Training Toys for the Boy's Workshop | Harris W. MooreFor the notch, make a deep cut with a gouge, and cut the chip straight across with knife point or small chisel.
Manual Training Toys for the Boy's Workshop | Harris W. MooreI began to eat and sip my wine, still with those brutal eyes on my face and the keen knife-point touching my poncho.
The Purple Land | W. H. HudsonThere was no need of the Apache's prodding knife point to start him up the ladder.
Bloom of Cactus | Robert Ames Bennet
In laying off a 16-foot pole the stick is first marked with a knife point, or sharp scratchawl, and try square to square one end.
Farm Mechanics | Herbert A. Shearer
British Dictionary definitions for knife-point
the tip of a knife blade
at knife-point under threat of being stabbed
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