Kniving
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 present participle and gerund of knive form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 2 Misconstruction of conniving. alt-of, misconstruction
"If I had a^([sic]) Indian in the car and also a sealed bottle of whiskey or a sealed case of beer and a cop stops me on a routine check I would be charged with kniving which has several meanings like the intention of giving him a drink sooner or later."
- 1 Misconstruction of conniving. alt-of, misconstruction, not-comparable
"When your so-called friends try to smear your name with their backstabbing and kniving games, look them straight in their eyes and say, I know who I am."
Example
More examples"If I had a^([sic]) Indian in the car and also a sealed bottle of whiskey or a sealed case of beer and a cop stops me on a routine check I would be charged with kniving which has several meanings like the intention of giving him a drink sooner or later."
Etymology
Inflected form of knive.
Likely a mishearing of the misconstrued word's pronunciation as kniving with a pronounced k, perhaps influenced by its semantic associations with backstabbing and knives.
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