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The synonyms of “Dagger” are: obelisk, sticker
Dagger as a Noun
Definitions of "Dagger" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dagger” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing.
- A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
- A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.
- A moth with a dark dagger-shaped marking on the forewing.
Synonyms of "Dagger" as a noun (2 Words)
obelisk | A mountain tree or other natural object resembling an obelisk in shape. |
sticker | An adhesive label. Warning stickers on the glass. |
Usage Examples of "Dagger" as a noun
- He drew his dagger and stabbed the leader.
Associations of "Dagger" (30 Words)
awl | A small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather. |
axe | Cut or strike with an axe especially violently or destructively. An axe blade. |
blade | A cut of beef from the shoulder blade. The director a young blade in an oversized suit. |
brandish | Wave or flourish (something, especially a weapon) as a threat or in anger or excitement. Brandish a sword. |
cleaver | A butcher’s knife having a large square blade. A meat cleaver. |
clipper | A fast sailing ship, especially one of 19th-century design with concave bows and raked masts. A set of hair clippers. |
fork | Either of two forked parts. The left fork goes on to the village. |
gig | Long and light rowing boat; especially for racing. They played a gig in New Jersey. |
harpoon | Spear with a harpoon. Gilbert s father harpooned a five metre basking shark. |
hatchet | A small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood. |
impale | Transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument. The impaled arms of her husband and her father. |
javelin | The athletic sport of throwing a javelin. His nearest rival in the javelin. |
knife | Cut or move cleanly through something with a knife like action. The victim was knifed to death. |
lance | A weapon resembling a lance used in hunting fish or whales. The prime minister made it one of his priorities to lance the boil of corruption. |
lancet | Shaped like a lancet arch. A lancet clock. |
mace | An official who carries a mace of office. |
microtome | Scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination. |
peeling | Loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales. |
pointed | Having a point. Another pointed look in their direction. |
scabbard | A sheath for the blade of a sword or dagger, typically made of leather or metal. A ceremonial sword hung at his side in a gilded scabbard. |
scissor | Cut with or as if with scissors. Frank could see shadowy legs scissoring under the thin skirt as she ran. |
scissors | A gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move. A dummy scissors from David Thomas deceived the opposition. |
sharpen | Give a point to. She sharpened her pencil. |
sheathe | Plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh. I sheathed my dagger. |
spear | Pierce with a spear. She speared her last chip with her fork. |
sword | One of the suits in a tarot pack. Not many perished by the sword. |
transfix | To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. She stared at him transfixed. |
trident | A spear with three prongs. |
weapon | A thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage. Nuclear weapons. |
whet | Sharpen by rubbing as on a whetstone. She took out her dagger and began to whet its blade in even rhythmic strokes. |