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    [Noun]  | "knife-edge" | \ ˈnīf-ˌej \


    1: a sharp wedge of steel or other hard material used as a fulcrum for a lever beam in a precision instrument

    2: a sharp narrow knifelike edge


    Origin: 1818 ;

    [Idiom]  | "on a/the knife-edge" 


    1: in a dangerous or important situation in which two very different results are possible

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     [ "knife edge chop" ]

    1: A wrestling move patened and made famous by Ric Flair. The knife edge chop is a chop to the chest done with the hand slightly bent so the outside is facing the person. Results in a thunderous slap sound and leaves a person with a huge bruise on their chest.

      * e.g.,  ... Ric Flair knife edge chopped Triple H so many times, blood began to trickle down the chest of Triple H. 


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    2: When this is done in wrestling by any wrestler, the crowd shouts "Wooooo" each time, paying respect to Ric Flair.

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