bayonet

[ bey-uh-nit, -net, bey-uh-net ]
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noun
  1. a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.

  2. a pin projecting from the side of an object, as the base of a flashbulb or camera lens, for securing the object in a bayonet socket.

verb (used with object),bay·o·net·ed or bay·o·net·ted, bay·o·net·ing or bay·o·net·ting.
  1. to kill or wound with a bayonet.

Origin of bayonet

1
1605–15; <French baïonnette, after Bayonne in France (where the weapon was first made or used); see -ette

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bayonet

/ (ˈbeɪənɪt) /


noun
  1. a blade that can be attached to the muzzle of a rifle for stabbing in close combat

  2. a type of fastening in which a cylindrical member is inserted into a socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket

verb-nets, -neting, -neted, -nets, -netting or -netted
  1. (tr) to stab or kill with a bayonet

Origin of bayonet

1
C17: from French baïonnette, from Bayonne where it originated

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