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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOWIE KNIFE

Named after Jim Bowie, who popularized it.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BOWIE KNIFE

bowie knife  [ˈbəʊɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOWIE KNIFE

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preposition
conjunction
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exclamation
Bowie knife is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOWIE KNIFE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bowie knife

A Bowie knife is a pattern of fixed-blade fighting knife first popularized by James Bowie in the early 19th Century. Since the first incarnation was created by James Black, the Bowie knife has come to incorporate several recognizable and characteristic design features, although its common use refers to any large sheath knife with a crossguard and a clip point. The "Jim Bowie knife" first became famous due to Bowie's use of a large knife at a duel known as the Sandbar Fight. The knife pattern is still popular with collectors; in addition to various knife manufacturing companies there are hundreds of custom knife makers producing Bowies and variations.

Definition of bowie knife in the English dictionary

The definition of bowie knife in the dictionary is a stout hunting knife with a short hilt and a guard for the hand.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOWIE KNIFE


arrowy
ˈærəʊɪ
billowy
ˈbɪləʊɪ
blowy
ˈbləʊɪ
Chloe
ˈkləʊɪ
doughy
ˈdəʊɪ
duroy
ˈdʊərəʊɪ
echoey
ˈɛkəʊɪ
joey
ˈdʒəʊɪ
kalanchoe
ˌkælənˈkəʊɪ
Loewi
ˈləʊɪ
pillowy
ˈpɪləʊɪ
rainbowy
ˈreɪnˌbəʊɪ
shadowy
ˈʃædəʊɪ
showy
ˈʃəʊɪ
snowy
ˈsnəʊɪ
toey
ˈtəʊɪ
towie
ˈtəʊɪ
towy
ˈtəʊɪ
willowy
ˈwɪləʊɪ
yellowy
ˈjeləʊɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOWIE KNIFE

bower
bowerbird
bowerwoman
Bowery
bowfin
bowfront
bowhead
bowhunter
Bowie
bowing
bowingly
bowknot
bowl
bowl over
bowler
bowler hat
Bowles
bowless
bowlful

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOWIE KNIFE

butter knife
case knife
combat knife
craft knife
dinner knife
fish knife
fruit knife
gamma knife
hunting knife
jackknife
knife
nife
palette knife
penknife
pocketknife
putty knife
steak knife
Swiss Army knife
twist the knife
under the knife
Yellowknife

Synonyms and antonyms of bowie knife in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bowie knife» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOWIE KNIFE

Find out the translation of bowie knife to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bowie knife from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bowie knife» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

猎刀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuchillo de caza
570 millions of speakers

English

bowie knife
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बॉवी चाकू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

باوي سكين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нож Боуи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Bowie faca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোলি ছুরি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couteau bowie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pisau bowie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bowiemesser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボウイナイフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보위 나이프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piso bowie
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bowie dao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவுரவ கத்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोनी चाकू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Av bıçağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coltello bowie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nóż bowie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ніж Боуї
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bowie cuțit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bowie μαχαίρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dolkmes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Bowie kniv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bowie kniv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bowie knife

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOWIE KNIFE»

The term «bowie knife» is normally little used and occupies the 112.094 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOWIE KNIFE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bowie knife

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOWIE KNIFE»

Discover the use of bowie knife in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bowie knife and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Antique Bowie Knife Book
The Bowie is the most famous of American knives. Its history is steeped in legend; it starts with Jim Bowie and his famous Vidalia Sand Bar fight, his part in the fight for Texas independence, and his death at the Alamo.
Bill Adams, J. Bruce Voyles, Terry Moss, 1990
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The Bowie Knife: Unsheathing an American Legend
The fact, fiction and folklore of the world's most famous fighting knife.
Norm Flayderman, 2004
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Melba toast, Bowie's knife & Caesar's wife: a dictionary of ...
Explains the meaning and background of words and expressions derived from the names of fictitious, mythological, and real people
Martin H. Manser, 1990
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Texas Monthly
FROM THE LOOKS OF IT, the rugged thirteen-and- three-quarter-inch cutting implement looks like an old bowie knife. But this is not just any bowie knife, insists owner Bart Moore, a 56-year- old California medical social worker. It is the bowie ...
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Field & Stream
A LIFE OF ITS OWN More than a dozen makers of the "original" Sandbar Fight Bowie knife have been fingered, from a New Orleans knife- smith known only as " Pedro" to Bowie's older brother, Rezin. Among the most likely candidates is a trio  ...
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American Cowboy
HENGESBAUGH AND BOVIS COLLECTIONS houses throughout the West. Another knife that saw widespread use in the West was the Arkansas Toothpick, a close cousin to the Bowie Knife. The Arkansas Toothpick was a heavy, balanced ...
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Rendezvous at the Alamo: Highlights in the Lives of Bowie, ...
These are perhaps the most important accounts attributing "invention" of the Bowie knife to James, but an equal if not stronger case exists for his brother, Rezin, to whom some modern historians unequivocally assign responsibility for the ...
Virgil E. Baugh, 1985
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The New Annotated Dracula
He had parried with his great bowie knife,48 and at first I thought that he too had come through in safety; but as he sprang beside Jonathan, who had by now jumped from the cart, I could see that with his left hand he was clutching at his side, ...
Bram Stoker, Leslie S. Klinger, 2008
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The Look of the Old West: A Fully Illustrated Guide
Impaled on a sword-cane blade, Bowie had still contrived to disembowel his opponent and put the dead man's companions to flight. In this gory struggle Bowie must have used an ordinary hunting knife, or dirk, since the real Bowie knife was ...
William Foster-Harris, 2007
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Texas Monthly
The bowie knife lives as a symbol of passionate times, when men were bold and brave and easily offended. They killed for their honor, hunted their food, and dealt personally with cheaters, murderers, angry Indians, and bears, and that's just a ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOWIE KNIFE»

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'The Bachelorette': Oh, AlamNO.
While it looks like your hair was cut with a Bowie knife, JIM BOWIE DOES NOT APPROVE. Go back to the farm and fix that haircut already, Merl. «Chron.com, Jul 15»
2
Elderly man accused of killing two women in 1991 too ill to appear in …
It is alleged a tail comb - which has a long, thin metal handle - was one of the weapons used, along with a Bowie knife, but no weapon has ever ... «The Age, Jul 15»
3
Bowie Breaks Ground On Bowie Knife Project
The bowie knife will be over 19-feet, and it has been accepted into the Guinness World Book of Records as the largest bowie knife. «KAUZ-TV, Jul 15»
4
Fear and Loathing in Northern Alberta: Our Experience at the …
Maybe it was the fire or dub-step like beats, but the man pulled out a bowie knife at least 14 inches in length and began waving it in the sky ... «Noisey, Jul 15»
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Did you know ... facts about the Thin White Duke
His chosen name references the bowie knife, named after Jim Bowie - an American frontiersman and adventurer. 19. He started playing sax as ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
6
Don't remember the Alamo? Texas wants to change that
The Collins collection includes the original Jim Bowie knife and a rifle used by Davy Crockett. Bowie was a renowned knife fighter; Crockett was ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
7
Robbery suspect arrested
The homeowner, under the guise of getting medicine, pulled out a Bowie knife and scared the men away. Police describe one suspect as 5'10”, ... «Chatham Daily News, Jun 15»
8
Frogman: Who He Is, And How He Came To Be…
The first man, Matt Fitch, mumbles in Latin, while the second, Mark Lewis, raises a giant bowie knife to the goat's neck. Suddenly Matt has ... «Bleeding Cool News, Jun 15»
9
Former ice addict's scars pictured after he tried to cut tattoos out of …
At one point, he used a bowie knife to cut his arm which was tattooed with the name of his ex-fiancee. 'I nearly lost my life and then they said "I ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
10
Why Literature Matters
Not at all: his favorite work of art is an N.C. Wyeth illustration of the wounded Jim Bowie fighting off Mexicans with his big Bowie knife” (8). Wolfe ... «First Things, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bowie knife [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bowie-knife>. May 2024 ».
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