Results for dagger

Definitions of dagger:

part of speech: noun

A short sword for stabbing: a mark of reference.

part of speech: verb

To pierce or stab with a dagger; to look daggers, to look fiercely or reproachfully: daggers drawn, at enmity.

part of speech: noun

A short weapon for stabbing; a reference mark in printing.

part of speech: noun

A short sword; a poniard; a mark of reference - thus (+).

Usage examples for dagger:

• Mayenne took out his dagger "Helmet of Navarre", Bertha Runkle

• Barker was flung back against the shop- front, but used the second only to draw his sword as well as his dagger and calling out, " This is not the first time I've come through the thick of you," flung himself again into the press. "The Napoleon of Notting Hill", Gilbert K. Chesterton

• " As you will, then," retorted Don Miguel, reluctantly drawing his own dagger but I swear that this quarrel is none of my making." "The Tangled Skein", Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

• The dagger fitted into my hand. "Atlantida", Pierre Benoit