utility knife

[ yoo-til-i-tee nahyf ]

noun,plural u·til·i·ty knives

[yoo-til-i-tee nahyvz] /yuˈtɪl ɪ ti ˌnaɪvz/

any of various knives, often with a retractable, replaceable razorlike blade, used for a variety of cutting, scraping, or scoring work: The crafts department sells a fully equipped tool kit, complete with all the sizes of utility knives that you’re looking for.

Origin of utility knife

First recorded in 1900–05

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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Those formerly luscious locks love to loop, loop, loop around the rotating cylinder until it’s so clogged you have to wield scissors or a utility knife to free it—barely able to tell which bristles are built in and which used to be on someone’s dome.
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He took from his pocket a general utility knife and slipped out a thin steel needle.
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Moving as if in a dream, he reached down into his lap and drew out a small utility knife.
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