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dagger
[ dag-er ]
noun
- a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- Also called obelisk. Printing. a mark (†) used especially for references.
verb (used with object)
- to stab with or as if with a dagger.
- Printing. to mark with a dagger.
dagger
/ ˈdæɡə /
noun
- a short stabbing weapon with a pointed blade
- Also calledobelisk a character (†) used in printing to indicate a cross reference, esp to a footnote
- at daggers drawnat daggers drawn in a state of open hostility
- look daggerslook daggers to glare with hostility; scowl
verb
- to mark with a dagger
- archaic.to stab with a dagger
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dagger1
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Idioms and Phrases
- look daggers at, to look at angrily, threateningly, or with hate.
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In addition to the idiom beginning with daggers , also see look daggers .Discover More
Example Sentences
But there is something to be learned by the cloak-and-dagger world from Yousef and Ben Yitzhak.
As soon as he sees her, Shae reaches for a dagger, and Tyrion pounces on her, strangling her to death with her own necklace.
The dagger tattooed on his cheek conveys a menacing persona.
A rapier and a dagger found on the Thames foreshore show us that swordfights routinely broke out on the streets of London.
Disney's key contact was the consummate cloak-and-dagger operator, William "Wild Bill" Donovan.
The governor placed a dagger to his breast in order to get him to tell what he knew of his wife.
If the hunter venture to come close to such a monster, and his dagger fail to pierce the vital spot, there is no help for him.
On the word, he struck Comyn with his dagger, and some of his companions completed the crime with their swords before the altar.
But for the dagger on which he caught its edge, the blade had assuredly pierced the captain's heart.
He received the blow on his arm, grappled with the assassin, and throwing him on the ground despatched him with his own dagger.
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