slipjoint

== English == === Etymology === From slip +‎ joint. === Noun === slipjoint (plural slipjoints) (chiefly attributive) A type of joint for a folding knife, involving a spring that helps hold the blade open against some pressure but does not lock it open in the sense of any positive engagement by the parts of any lock mechanism; it is thus a nonlocking type of joint. (metonymic) A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife. Hypernyms: folding knife, folder, clasp-knife Coordinate terms: button lock, frame lock, liner lock, lockback ==== Translations ====