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dagger

/ˈdæɡɚ/noun2 syllables

Dagger means: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing.

Synonyms for dagger5

noun, as in a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

sticker

noun, as in a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used

obelisk

also used for dagger

dirk, knife, obelus

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What does dagger mean?2

noun

1

a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

2

a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with dagger?2

two syllables

swaggerjagger
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Dagger in a sentence

  • Oleg stabbed the voodoo doll with a dagger.Amastan
  • The casing of the traditional dagger is made of leather.Amastan
  • They found a copper dagger buried centuries ago.Alizen
  • There's some cloak-and-dagger stuff going on here.soliloquist
  • Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?Scott
  • Ziri threw a dagger at Rima, fatally injuring her.Amastan
  • I need a dagger. My mother-in-law is visiting.AlanF_US
  • I need a dagger. My mother-in-law is coming for a visit.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of dagger

as a noun

plural
daggers