knifes
Cuts with a blade
Knifes is the third-person singular verb form of knife.
To knife someone is to stab them with a blade: He knifed his attacker in the struggle.
Figuratively, to knife someone is to betray or undermine them: She knifed her own allies to get the promotion.
The plural of the noun knife is knives, not knifes.
Piercing knife wounds
- slashesDiagonal line marks
- cutsSevers or reduces
- piercesPasses sharply through
- plungesDrops abruptly downward
thrusts · wounds · attacks · slices · gashes · lacerates · punctures · jabs
Thin cut portions
- dicesCuts into small blocks
- chopsSkill or meat cuts
- mincesCuts into tiny bits
- filletsBoneless meat portions
carves · julienne · pares · sections · portions · cubes · shreds · cleaves
Treacherously harms someone trusting
- double-crossesBetrays a confederate
- underminesWeakens by stealth
- sabotagesDeliberately undermines or destroys
- betraysActs against one's allies
deceives · sellout · treachery · rats out · turns on · crosses · snitch · disloyalty
stabs
Piercing knife wounds
plunges · thrusts · wounds · attacks · slices · gashes · lacerates · punctures · jabs · impales
slices
Thin cut portions
fillets · carves · julienne · pares · sections · portions · cubes · shreds · cleaves · severs
backstabs
Treacherously harms someone trusting
- double-crossesBetrays a confederate
- underminesWeakens by stealth
- sabotagesDeliberately undermines or destroys
betrays · deceives · sellout · treachery · rats out · turns on · crosses · snitch · disloyalty · duplicity
- butter knifeBlunt spreading utensil
- bread knifeSerrated utensil for loaves
- kitchen knifeSharp cooking implement
- pocket knifeHinged blade with handle
- knife and forkEating utensils pair
- under the knifeUndergoing a medical operation