Stiletto

/stɪˈlɛtoʊ/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
2. A rapier.
3. An awl.
4. A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel).
5. (obsolete, historical) A beard trimmed into a pointed form.
6. (transitive) To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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Word Forms

• stilettos
• stilettoes
• stiletti
• stilettoing
• stilettoed

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