razor blade meaning: definition, quotations

razor blade

nounalso spelled razor-blade

/ˈɹeɪzə(ɹ)ˈbleɪd/

A thin piece of steel with a sharp edge that can be fitted into a razor.

A replaceable cartridge in which razor blades are set, fitted into a razor.

Broadly A thin interchangeable blade for a utility knife (especially, that of a Stanley knife) that is similar to a razor blade stricto sensu (in size, thinness, and sharpness).

Derived terms: razor blade slot

razor-blade

verb

To cut or scrape with a razor blade or something similar.

Of course, my friend razor-bladed the offending page from all her own copies, but whenever she read in the schools, some kid always wanted to know, ' Where's that little green man it says in the front?"2010, Susan Ioannou, Holding True: Essays on Being a Writer, page 130:
"Never mind," Nishimura Blaine said as he razor-bladed the box open.2011, R. Zamora Linmark, Leche, page 96710:

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I saw pages from a book carefully razor-bladed out with an X-Acto knife and painted to show scenes of children playing in a field.2013, Jason Merkoski, Burning the Page:
Warren razor-bladed the coke into fine lines on the glass-topped coffee table, snorting it up ferociously through a rolled up fifty pound note, as though by doing so it would hit him harder and deeper and maybe take away some of the edge of his anger, which, even he knew, needed to be curbed.2014, Nick Oldham, Vendetta: Judge, Jury, Executioner.:
It's a nude, somewhat Cubistic in feel, and memorable primarily for its savage treatment: In an effort to show formal dynamics, Hofmann (one presumes) razor-bladed a section in the center to elevate the torso; poor draftsmanship by the student, it seems, caused the hips to be too low.2017, Sascha Feinstein, Wreckage: My Father’s Legacy of Art & Junk, page 104:
To occupy any spare moments left us, in the course of our four weeks' 'basic' we had to razor-blade all the varnish off these chairs.2021, Raymond Horricks, Military Mayhem:

Figuratively To do something with extreme precision.

A sigh slipped between her teeth as she razor-bladed each syllable with her tongue.2018, Ray Hudson, Ivory and Paper: Adventures In and Out of Time, page 17: