knifeplay means the act of fighting or cutting with a knife. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
knifeplay is pronounced /ˈnaɪf(ˌ)pleɪ/.
Etymology
From knife + play.
noun
- The act of fighting or cutting with a knife.“Reinhart had finished his neat knifeplay, having transformed a half-pound of slab bacon into an accumulation of little strips measuring half an inch by an inch and a half.”
- A sexual practice involving the use of knives, daggers, or swords for physical and mental stimulation.“When the professor turned out to be too warped even for my tastes — consensual knifeplay is one thing; drunken gunplay quite another […]”