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dagger
[ dag-er ]
noun
- a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- Also called obelisk. Printing. a mark (†) used especially for references.
verb (used with object)
- to stab with or as if with a dagger.
- Printing. to mark with a dagger.
dagger
/ ˈdæɡə /
noun
- a short stabbing weapon with a pointed blade
- Also calledobelisk a character (†) used in printing to indicate a cross reference, esp to a footnote
- at daggers drawnin a state of open hostility
- look daggersto glare with hostility; scowl
verb
- to mark with a dagger
- archaic.to stab with a dagger
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dagger1
Idioms and Phrases
- look daggers at, to look at angrily, threateningly, or with hate.
More idioms and phrases containing dagger
In addition to the idiom beginning with daggers , also see look daggers .Example Sentences
They each grasp a short dagger, the pugio, in their fists.
The end of this season felt like a dagger between the shoulder blades, and for that credit goes to the scrappy Sounders.
Police said the plotters had nicknamed the operation "green and yellow dagger", in reference to the colours of the Brazilian flag.
Even the delivered dagger appeared to carry the same deadly weight.
It is a story of neighbours at daggers drawn.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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