Synonyms

bayonets

[bey-uh-nit, -net, bey-uh-net]

bay·o·net

[bey-uh-nit, -net, bey-uh-net] noun, verb, bay·o·net·ed or bay·o·net·ted, bay·o·net·ing or bay·o·net·ting.
noun
1.
a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
2.
a pin projecting from the side of an object, as the base of a flashbulb or camera lens, for securing the object in a bayonet socket.
verb (used with object)
3.
to kill or wound with a bayonet.

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Bayonets is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1605–15; < French baïonnette, after Bayonne in France (where the weapon was first made or used); see -ette
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