# slipjoint

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.
2. A knife or other tool with such a joint; usually a pocketknife.

## Etymology
From slip + joint.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slipjoint