007 knife

'007 knife' is street slang for a small, cheap folding lock-knife of a style popular in some UK gangs and prison subcultures. The name comes from a model number, not from James Bond. If you have heard your child use this phrase, treat it seriously: it suggests exposure to knife-crime content online, or to peers who carry. Open a calm conversation — ask where they heard it, what they think it means, and who is talking about it. In the UK, carrying any folding knife with a blade over three inches, or any locking blade, in public without good reason is a criminal offence under the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

'007 knife' is British street and prison slang for a small folding lock-knife; the number refers to a model code, not the spy character. The register is criminal underworld and journalism about youth violence — never neutral. In normal writing or speech use 'flick knife', 'lock knife' or 'folding knife'. A learner mistake is to assume any reference to '007' is a joke about James Bond; in this context it is not. Treat the term as semantically loaded: using it casually may mark you as either inside that subculture or naïve about it.

007 knife means (New York, slang, 1970s-1980s, by extension) A folding knife, especially one used in a crime.. It's mostly used in casual online conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.

"007 knife" is slang. It means: (New York, slang, 1970s-1980s, by extension) A folding knife, especially one used in a crime.. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails.