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stiletto

[ sti-let-oh ]

noun

, plural sti·let·tos, sti·let·toes.
  1. a short dagger with a blade that is thick in proportion to its width.
  2. a pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in needlework.
  3. spike heel [spahyk, , heel]. stiletto heel ( def 1 ).


verb (used with object)

, sti·let·toed, sti·let·to·ing.
  1. to stab or kill with a stiletto.

stiletto

/ stɪˈlɛtəʊ /

noun

  1. a small dagger with a slender tapered blade
  2. a sharply pointed tool used to make holes in leather, cloth, etc
  3. Also calledspike heelstiletto heel a very high heel on a woman's shoe, tapering to a very narrow tip


verb

  1. tr to stab with a stiletto

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Other Words From

  • sti·let·to·like adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stiletto1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Italian, equivalent to stil(o) “dagger” (from Latin stilus stylus ) + -etto -ette

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stiletto1

C17: from Italian, from stilo a dagger, from Latin stilus a stake, pen; see stylus

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Example Sentences

A guy wearing pink appeared to be spotting her, but I was worried that he could have gotten impaled by those Stiletto heels.

At the time, Fendrick remembers, very few women (outside of “4/20 girls” or “stiletto stoners”) were speaking out about it.

As it turns out, Rowling is just as obsessed with the high-heeled stiletto as most girls.

All that was left of the corpse was a headless, armless torso with one leg, still wearing a stiletto-heeled boot.

A one-legged torso wearing only a stiletto-heeled boot was found floating in a Venice lagoon.

Among the things I brought from the ship on a subsequent visit were a stiletto that had originally been given to me by my mother.

At one time I thought I would follow the whole party, and kill them in the darkness with my stiletto when opportunity offered.

I never used either stiletto or tomahawk unless absolutely necessary, reserving both for great emergencies.

To the Sicilian, for example, marital infidelity means the stiletto; to the American, the divorce court.

Finally, he offered her a pretty little stiletto, less remarkable for its shape and copper mounting than for its origin.

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