Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to switchblade
Participle: switchbladed
Gerund: switchblading
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | switchblade |
| you | switchblade |
| he;she;it | switchblades |
| we | switchblade |
| you | switchblade |
| they | switchblade |
Perfect
| I | have switchbladed |
| you | have switchbladed |
| he;she;it | has switchbladed |
| we | have switchbladed |
| you | have switchbladed |
| they | have switchbladed |
Past
| I | switchbladed |
| you | switchbladed |
| he;she;it | switchbladed |
| we | switchbladed |
| you | switchbladed |
| they | switchbladed |
Pluperfect
| I | had switchbladed |
| you | had switchbladed |
| he;she;it | had switchbladed |
| we | had switchbladed |
| you | had switchbladed |
| they | had switchbladed |
Future
| I | will switchblade |
| you | will switchblade |
| he;she;it | will switchblade |
| we | will switchblade |
| you | will switchblade |
| they | will switchblade |
Future Perfect
| I | will have switchbladed |
| you | will have switchbladed |
| he;she;it | will have switchbladed |
| we | will have switchbladed |
| you | will have switchbladed |
| they | will have switchbladed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | switchblade |
| you | switchblade |
| he;she;it | switchblade |
| we | switchblade |
| you | switchblade |
| they | switchblade |
Perfect
| I | have switchbladed |
| you | have switchbladed |
| he;she;it | have switchbladed |
| we | have switchbladed |
| you | have switchbladed |
| they | have switchbladed |
Imperfect
| I | switchbladed |
| you | switchbladed |
| he;she;it | switchbladed |
| we | switchbladed |
| you | switchbladed |
| they | switchbladed |
Pluperfect
| I | had switchbladed |
| you | had switchbladed |
| he;she;it | had switchbladed |
| we | had switchbladed |
| you | had switchbladed |
| they | had switchbladed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would switchblade |
| you | would switchblade |
| he;she;it | would switchblade |
| we | would switchblade |
| you | would switchblade |
| they | would switchblade |
Perfect
| I | would have switchbladed |
| you | would have switchbladed |
| he;she;it | would have switchbladed |
| we | would have switchbladed |
| you | would have switchbladed |
| they | would have switchbladed |
Imperative
| you | switchblade |
| we | Let's switchblade |
| you | switchblade |
Verbs conjugated like 'switchblade'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'switchblade'
switch-blade,
switchback,
bitchslap,
snowblade,
spiculate,
suitcase,
switch,
switch-hit,
switcheroo,
withhold,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From switch + blade.
Sample Sentences
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I got terrible hangovers from the cheap booze; and, one night, I almost got switchbladed when I put my arm around the wrong "lady of the night. [1987, Ron Rearick, Doug Murren, Iceman, →ISBN, page 53:]
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They are the American dream torn asunder, like clean fresh laundry left drying on the clothesline, switchbladed by bored boys of summer. [2015, Paul Maher Jr., Caitlin Stuart, Love That Loves Us: Reflections on the Films of Terrence Malick, →ISBN:]
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Finally there was Jackie, the gold-toothed gang member (as she liked to remind us) who'd switchbladed thirty or forty or fifty people [2016, Daniel Kraus, The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume Two: Empire Decayed, →ISBN:]
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Switchblading open their silvery cell phones, they call their mortgage brokers and say “Buy.” [2007, Richard Canning, Between Men: Best New Gay Fiction, →ISBN, page 253:]
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Steering and stabilization fins switchblading out, followed by the wings. [2007, David Poyer, The Command: A Novel, →ISBN, page 190:]
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I stood there waiting for the three remaining Rottweilers to come barreling toward the fence, fangs switchbladed open. [2009, Erik Raschke, The Book of Samuel: A Novel, →ISBN, page 200:]
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He ticked off the facts, switchblading out a finger for each one. [2015, Jeffrey Bartsch, Two Across, →ISBN:]
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He briefly rocked medical school, switchbladed to accounting and finally joked his first radio script in 1938. [1963, Cleveland Amory, Earl Blackwell, Celebrity Register:]
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The play's principal comic manoeuvre is to have concern switchblading into callousness. [2002, Plays International - Volume 18, page 15:]
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Daniel's smile is fixed, but his eyes are switchblading from side to side, looking at Paula, looking for an exit. [2007, Lynn Hoffman, Bang Bang, →ISBN, page 76:]
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The lantern began swinging to its own rhythm, switchblading light all over the tent. [2014, Carol Muske-Dukes, Dear Digby: A Novel, →ISBN:]