Definitions for daggerˈdæg ər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dag•gerˈdæg ər(n.)

  1. a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.

  2. Category: Printing

    Ref: Also called obelisk.

  3. (v.t.)to stab with or as if with a dagger.

  4. to mark with a printer's dagger.

    Category: Printing

Idioms for dagger:

  1. look daggers at,to look at with intense hostility or anger.

    Category: Idiom

Origin of dagger:

1350–1400; ME, prob. alter. of OF dague, of obscure orig.; cf. dag

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dagger, sticker(noun)

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

  2. dagger, obelisk(noun)

    a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dagger(noun)

    a short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace

  2. Dagger(noun)

    a mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk

  3. Dagger(verb)

    to pierce with a dagger; to stab

  4. Dagger(noun)

    a timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame


Translations for dagger

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

dagger(noun)

a knife or short sword for stabbing.

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