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kukri

[ kook-ree ]

noun

  1. a large knife having a heavy curved blade that is sharp on the concave side, used by the Napalese Gurkhas for hunting and combat.


kukri

/ ˈkʊkrɪ /

noun

  1. a knife with a curved blade that broadens towards the point, esp as used by Gurkhas
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kukri1

First recorded in 1805–15, kukri is from the Hindi word kukṛī
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kukri1

from Hindi
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Example Sentences

Small-banded kukri snakes are known to use their teeth — which resemble curved kukri knives used by Nepalese Gurkha soldiers — to tear into eggs.

One Gurkha made his way into a house, and single-handed captured five Germans, whom he marched off at the point of his kukri.

With his heavy curved kukri he divides the carcass, hacking through the thick bones with powerful blows.

All the men and some of the women are armed with the kukri, a heavy-bladed weapon or knife of singular shape.

He drew his kukri and laid it on the ground beside him, ready for the last grim struggle.

Harker evidently meant to try the matter, for he had ready his great Kukri knife, and made a fierce and sudden cut at him.

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