Dagger

Quick meaning: Dagger is a noun meaning (weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

Meaning

(weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

More Meanings

1. (typography) The typographical mark †.
2. To pierce with a dagger; to stab.
3. (Jamaica) To perform the daggering dance.
4. A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
5. (American football, basketball) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.

Example Sentences

His last-minute 3-point dagger silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come up big in big moments.

DAGGER. A piece of timber that faces on to the poppets of the bilgeways, and crosses them diagonally , to keep them together

The dagger, under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.

Word Forms

• daggers
• daggering
• daggered

Synonyms for dagger

Depending on context, synonyms include dirk, knife, obelisk, obelus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include obelisk, sword, blade, snee, knife, cloak.

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