CUT-AND-THRUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cut-and-thrust mean? 

• CUT-AND-THRUST (noun)
  The noun CUT-AND-THRUST has 1 sense:

1. fighting with knives

  Familiarity information: CUT-AND-THRUST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUT-AND-THRUST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fighting with knives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cut-and-thrust; knife fight; snickersnee

Hypernyms ("cut-and-thrust" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)