daggernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdæɡ.ər/us/ˈdæɡ.ɚ/a short, pointed knife that is sharp on both sides, used especially in the past as a weapon
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blackjack
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- catapult
- flick knife
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- kirpan
- rapier
- scabbard
- scimitar
- shanghai
- sheath
- sheath knife
- shield
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Examples from literature
- But even as he inflicted the death-wound, he received a mortal blow from the dagger of the Dane, and the two chiefs fell together.
- Diego Mendez thereupon drew a dagger and killed him.
- The light of the torch fell upon the handle of a dagger in his girdle.
- Then it was as if Don José 's dagger plunged into my heart, not Carmen's.
- Then was silence for a moment, while I for my part drew my dagger.
Idiom(s)
(at) daggers drawn