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Definition of knife-throwing in English: knife-throwingnoun mass nounA circus act or other entertainment in which knives are thrown at a target. Example sentencesExamples - He's the world knife-throwing champion - and he's about to throw those knives at me.
- Premiering on July 10 and running for one month, the show will be featuring a variety of acrobat feats, such as contortion, knife-throwing, synchronized trapeze, and, of course, plenty of clowns.
- World record knife-throwing champion Jayde Hanson was performing on ITV's This Morning show when one of his blades accidentally hit his assistant on the head.
- Circus performer Jayde Hanson - who set a world knife-throwing record only days ago - left his assistant with a gashed scalp after a blade hit her.
- Tarantino regular Thurman is credible as the one-woman killing machine, proving equally adept at both knife-throwing and wielding a Samurai sword.
Derivatives noun He stopped painting and turned to the world of entertainment, working as a knife-thrower among other things. Example sentencesExamples - This dark, rather grotesque image shows the artist's masked face surrounded by blades thrown by a circus knife-thrower.
- I had imagined knife-throwers to be tall, muscular and intimidating; not petite and blue-haired.
- Job seekers visiting the employment office in Ipswich found an unusual offering among the usual advertisements for waiters and nurses: a knife-thrower's assistant.
Definition of knife-throwing in US English: knife-throwingnounˈnīfˌTHrōiNG A circus act or other entertainment in which knives are thrown at a target. Example sentencesExamples - Circus performer Jayde Hanson - who set a world knife-throwing record only days ago - left his assistant with a gashed scalp after a blade hit her.
- World record knife-throwing champion Jayde Hanson was performing on ITV's This Morning show when one of his blades accidentally hit his assistant on the head.
- He's the world knife-throwing champion - and he's about to throw those knives at me.
- Tarantino regular Thurman is credible as the one-woman killing machine, proving equally adept at both knife-throwing and wielding a Samurai sword.
- Premiering on July 10 and running for one month, the show will be featuring a variety of acrobat feats, such as contortion, knife-throwing, synchronized trapeze, and, of course, plenty of clowns.
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