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stiletto
[ sti-let-oh ]
noun
- a short dagger with a blade that is thick in proportion to its width.
- a pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in needlework.
- spike heel [spahyk, , heel]. stiletto heel ( def 1 ).
verb (used with object)
- to stab or kill with a stiletto.
stiletto
/ stɪˈlɛtəʊ /
noun
- a small dagger with a slender tapered blade
- a sharply pointed tool used to make holes in leather, cloth, etc
- Also calledspike heelstiletto heel a very high heel on a woman's shoe, tapering to a very narrow tip
verb
- tr to stab with a stiletto
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- sti·let·to·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stiletto1
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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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