puukottaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• knife noun A tool with a flat, usually metal blade sharpened along one edge and fixed to a handle, used for cutting.
• shiv noun A makeshift knife, often improvised from an everyday object.
• stab verb To pierce or wound someone or something with a pointed weapon such as a knife.

Senses

puukottaa is used for these senses in English:

• knife (transitive) To use a knife to injure or kill by stabbing, slashing, or otherwise using the sharp edge of the knife as a weapon.
• shiv (transitive, by extension) To stab (someone) with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.
• stab (transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

knife — full definition

1. noun A tool with a flat, usually metal blade sharpened along one edge and fixed to a handle, used for cutting.
2. verb To stab or cut someone with a knife.
3. verb To betray someone, especially a political ally.

shiv — full definition

1. noun A makeshift knife, often improvised from an everyday object.
2. verb To stab someone with a shiv or improvised blade.

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