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slipjoint

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slipjoint

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From slip + joint.

noun slipjoints

  1. attributive A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a nonlocking type of joint.
  2. metonymically A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife.

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noun mechanism

DeutschSlipjointverschluss

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"slipjoint." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/slipjoint. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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slipjoint. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/slipjoint

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"slipjoint." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/slipjoint.

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@misc{slipjoint_2026,
  title = {slipjoint},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slipjoint},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}