Wiktionary
alt. (context British English) (alternative spelling of flick knife English) n. (context British English) (alternative spelling of flick knife English)
WordNet
n. a knife with the blade hidden in the handle; the blade springs out when a button is pressed
Usage examples of "flick-knife".
Tone's now trying to wheedle money out of the telescopes with the flick-knife he bought on a school trip to Calais, and Spencer and I watch like the indulgent parents of a child with acute behavioural problems.
There's a story about a gang of young thugs who came barging into the courtyard one night, and had a bit of a fight — flick-knives out and all that.
A group of beats, teenagers who'd come in here and were having a fight with flick-knives and all that.
Then there was an indeterminate story of a revolver shot fired here in Borodene Mansions -- and another tale of flick-knives and bloodstains.
Peter had pressed the button on his flick-knife and its wicked blade had leapt out into the night, thrusting itself forward from within the hilt, from within Peter's clenched fist.
He ran a luggage shop near the Marriot that was a front for a gambling syndicate, one of these places that sold suitcases, statues of Jesus and flick-knives, and had old Turkish guys in the back playing cards.
I suppose I should have you all searched for flick-knives or some such toys but in your case I really don't think I'll bother.
As Hercule Poirot—with the aid of the crime novelist Mrs Ariadne Oliver—learns more about this mysterious ‘third girl,’ he hears rumours of revolvers, flick-knives, and blood-stains.
For the time being Daddy-o may be in subjection to the Hypos and the Judases, but they can no more win against him ultimately than a flick-knife can win against… well, a Bomb.