business endnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈbɪz.nɪs ˌend/us/ˈbɪz.nɪs ˌend/informalThe business end of something, such as a knife or a gun, is the end that does the work or damage rather than the handle.
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blackjack
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- catapult
- flick knife
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- kirpan
- rapier
- scabbard
- scimitar
- shanghai
- sheath
- sheath knife
- shield
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Tools
Parts of guns
Examples from literature
- John Brown reversed the net, and, lying flat on the wharf, gingerly thrust the business end of the contrivance through the opening and into the dark, weed-streaked water.
- Mr. Barry came back with Anne, carrying a coil of rope to which was attached a claw-like instrument that had been the business end of a grubbing fork.
- Senator, may I trouble you to depress the business end of that syphon?
- Something seemed to tell him who was at the business end of that knocker.
- The business end of the lash once brushed the boy's cheek.