What does dagger mean?

Definitions for dagger
ˈdæg ərdag·ger

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dagger.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dagger, stickernoun

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

  2. dagger, obelisknoun

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DAGGERnoun

    Etymology: dague, French.

    She ran to her son’s dagger, and struck herself a mortal wound. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    This sword a dagger had his page,
    That was but little for his age;
    And therefore waited on him so,
    As dwarfs upon knights errant do. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 1.

    He strikes himself with his dagger; but being interrupted by one of his friends, he stabs him, and breaks the dagger on one of his ribs. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

Wikipedia

  1. Dagger

    A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon. Daggers have been used throughout human history for close combat confrontations, and many cultures have used adorned daggers in ritual and ceremonial contexts. The distinctive shape and historic usage of the dagger have made it iconic and symbolic. A dagger in the modern sense is a weapon designed for close-proximity combat or self-defense; due to its use in historic weapon assemblages, it has associations with assassination and murders. Double-edged knives, however, play different sorts of roles in different social contexts. A wide variety of thrusting knives have been described as daggers, including knives that feature only a single cutting edge, such as the European rondel dagger or the Afghan pesh-kabz, or, in some instances, no cutting edge at all, such as the stiletto of the Renaissance. However, in the last hundred years or so, in most contexts, a dagger has certain definable characteristics, including a short blade with a sharply tapered point, a central spine or fuller, and usually two cutting edges sharpened the full length of the blade, or nearly so. Most daggers also feature a full crossguard to keep the hand from riding forwards onto the sharpened blade edges.Daggers are primarily weapons, so knife legislation in many places restricts their manufacture, sale, possession, transport, or use.

ChatGPT

  1. dagger

    A dagger is a short, pointed knife with sharp edges, often used as a weapon in the past. It typically possesses a double-edged blade and a central spine or fuller. It is often designed for close combat and can be used for stabbing or thrusting.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Daggernoun

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

  2. Daggernoun

    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. Daggerverb

    to pierce with a dagger; to stab

  4. Daggernoun

    a timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame

  5. Etymology: [Perh. from diagonal.]

Wikidata

  1. Dagger

    A dagger is a fighting weapon with a very sharp point designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon. The design dates to human prehistory, and daggers have been used throughout human experience to the modern day in close combat confrontations. Many ancient cultures used adorned daggers in ritual and ceremonial purposes, a trend which continues to the present time in the form of art knives. The distinctive shape and historic usage of the dagger have made it iconic and symbolic. Over the years, the term has been used to describe a wide variety of thrusting knives, including knives that feature only a single cutting edge, such as the European rondel dagger or the Persian pesh-kabz, or, in some instances, no cutting edge at all, such as the stiletto of the Renaissance. However, over the last hundred years or so, authorities have recognized that the dagger, in its contemporary or mature form, has certain definable characteristics, including a short blade with a sharply-tapered point, a central spine or fuller, and two cutting edges sharpened the full length of the blade, or nearly so. Most daggers also feature a full crossguard to keep the hand from riding forwards onto the sharpened blade edges. Another distinctive feature of the modern dagger is that it is designed to position the blade horizontally when using a conventional palm grip, enabling the user to slash right or left as well as thrust the blade between an opponent's ribs. The twin full-length edges enable the user to make broad slashes using either a forehand or backhand arm movement, while the sharp, acutely-pointed tip makes the knife an effective thrusting or stabbing weapon. This versatility distinguishes the modern dagger from more specialized thrusting knives, such as the stiletto.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dagger

    dag′ėr, n. a short sword for stabbing at close quarters: (print.) a mark of reference, the double dagger being another.—At daggers drawn, in a state of hostility; Look daggers, to look in a hostile manner. [M. E. dagger—W. dagr (Ir. daigear); cf. Fr. dague.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. dagger

    A weapon resembling a sword, but considerably smaller, being used for stabbing at close quarters. Daggers are generally two-edged, and very sharp towards the point.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DAGGER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dagger is ranked #108199 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dagger surname appeared 164 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dagger.

    93.2% or 153 total occurrences were White.
    3% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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  1. gadger

  2. ragged

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dagger in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dagger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of dagger in a Sentence

  1. William Shakespeare, "Macbeth", Act 2 scene 1:

    Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?

  2. Christian Baldauf:

    Who can understand that a rejected asylum seeker who has been tried several times for various violent crimes cannot be deported, but the same man manages to travel back to his home country in a cloak and dagger operation?

  3. Stephen Curry:

    At home in the fourth quarter, I felt like we could go for that dagger punch and didn't really put any pressure on the defense, that's something that is tough to kind of swallow with the opportunity we had in front of us.

  4. President Tayyip Erdogan:

    Using sacred Islam's name, exploiting it, this terrorist group which spills Muslim blood has gone as far as attacking the town where the mosque and blessed remains of our Prophet are located, daesh is a dagger plunged into the chest of Muslims. Whoever gives support to this group, whether out of sectarian fanaticism or another motive, commits the same sin.

  5. Idiom:

    Honey in the mouth, Dagger in the stomach

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