knifing


knife

K0089300 (nīf)n. pl. knives (nīvz) 1. A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.2. A cutting edge; a blade.v. knifed, knif·ing, knifes v.tr.1. To use a knife on, especially to stab; wound with a knife.2. Informal To betray or attempt to defeat by underhand means.v.intr. To cut or slash a way through something with or as if with a knife: The boat knifed through the waves.Idiom: under the knife Informal Undergoing surgery.
[Middle English knif, from Old English cnīf, from Old Norse knīfr.]
knif′er n.

knifing

(ˈnaɪfɪŋ) nan incident during which someone is attacked and injured with a knife