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Kniving

//naɪvɪŋ// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

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."

Verb

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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inflected form of knive.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

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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