dagger
IPA: dˈægɝ
noun
- (weaponry) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
- (typography) The text character †; the obelus.
- (basketball, American football) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.
- A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
- (soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club.
verb
- To pierce with a dagger; to stab.
Examples of "dagger" in Sentences
- The man held the dagger in his left hand.
- In advanced practice the empty hand holds the dagger.
- He was the winner of the 2008 CWA Dagger in the Library.
- He stabbed the dagger in the chest of the wretched demon.
- Grigoriy brandishes a dagger, and leaps out of the window.
- Guerri identifies the weapon as an awl rather than a dagger.
- In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun.
- Perhaps the player needs to be carrying the dagger to get the shield.
- The peroration included a reference to a French order for 3,000 daggers.
- They used weapons such as the dagger, the iron javelin, and the brass spear.