bayonetting
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. 
ə 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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| —n | |
| 1. | a blade that can be attached to the muzzle of a rifle for stabbing in close combat |
| 2. | a type of fastening in which a cylindrical member is inserted into a socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket |
| —vb , -nets, -neting, -neted, -nets, -netting, -netted | |
| 3. | (tr) to stab or kill with a bayonet |
| [C17: from French baïonnette, from | |
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Bayonetting
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
bayonet
1610s, from Fr. baionnette (16c.), said to be from Bayonne, city in Gascony where they first were made; or perhaps it is a dim. of O.Fr. bayon "crossbow bolt." The city name is from L.L. baia "bay" + Basque on "good."
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