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Please help me with the word that means sticking a knife into someone and twisting it. I am sure I have seen it here before.
Thanks.
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are you thinking of back-stabbers and double-crossers, or something more general?
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http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=twist+knife
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Not that it answers the OQ, but I really like that word thwittle. It'd've been a good Hogwash word.
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Makes me think of the sound of icicles falling down at a sudden thaw.
But it's not a dictionary word.
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Something more general that literally means sticking in a knife and twisting.
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Not that it answers the OQ, but I really like that word thwittle. It'd've been a good Hogwash word. I dunno.. it means 'to whittle'. armils® anyone?
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Are there many words that combine two actions in one single word? I try to think of one but can't find one.
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Are there many words that combine two actions in one single word? I try to think of one but can't find one. umm, how to say this delicately.... intercourse? :¬ )
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Something more general that literally means sticking in a knife and twisting. Well, it's a bit less specific on the twisting, but would certainly have to involve twisting, maybe eviscerate? I can think of some other phrases, such as "rubbing salt into a wound", (which speaks to the social context) but not single words.
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how to say this delicately....:¬ ) It's what's with jokes, I only understand them a week later. Furthermore I am of opinion© that the first post question here is a little bit twisted.
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