Stiletto

Quick meaning: Stiletto is a noun meaning A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.

Meaning

A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.

More Meanings

1. A rapier.
2. A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel).
3. (transitive) To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).
4. (obsolete, historical) A beard trimmed into a pointed form.

Example Sentences

The very quaik of faſhions, the very hee that / VVeares a Steletto on his chinne.

The recollection of former atrocities by the populace in plundering the city and stilettoing the inhabitants, is sufficiently fresh in the remembrance of the government to serve as an additional stimulus to prevent similar disorders.

There the cause of death was soon ascertained; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which, I may tell you, was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.

Word Forms

• stilettos
• stilettoes
• stiletti
• stilettoing
• stilettoed

Synonyms for stiletto

Depending on context, synonyms include pique-devant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stilletto, stylet, knife, eyeleteer, stick, piercer.

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