dagger (redirected from Kattari)

dag·ger  (dgr)

n.

1. A short pointed weapon with sharp edges.

2. Something that agonizes, torments, or wounds.

3. Printing

a. See obelisk.

b. A double dagger.

Idiom:

look daggers at

To glare at angrily or hatefully.

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[Middle English daggere, alteration of Old French dague, from Old Provençal dague or Old Italian daga, both perhaps from Vulgar Latin *dca (nsis), Dacian (knife), from feminine of Latin Dcus.]

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dagger [ˈdægə]

n

1. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a short stabbing weapon with a pointed blade

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Also called obelisk a character (†) used in printing to indicate a cross reference, esp to a footnote

at daggers drawn in a state of open hostility

look daggers to glare with hostility; scowl

vb (tr)

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to mark with a dagger

2. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) Archaic to stab with a dagger

[of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dagger - a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing sticker dirk - a relatively long dagger with a straight blade haft, helve - the handle of a weapon or tool hilt - the handle of a sword or dagger kirpan - a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times knife - a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point creese, kris, crease - a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade bodkin, poniard - a dagger with a slender blade stiletto - a small dagger with a tapered blade
	2.	dagger - a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote obelisk grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

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dagger

noun knife, blade, bayonet, dirk, stiletto, poniard, skean The man raised his arm and plunged a dagger into her back.

at daggers drawn on bad terms, at odds, at war, at loggerheads, up in arms, at enmity She and her mother were at daggers drawn.

look daggers at someone glare, frown, scowl, glower, look black, lour or lower The girls looked daggers at me.

Quotations
"Is this a dagger which I see before me"
"The handle toward my hand?" [William Shakespeare Macbeth]

Translations

dagger [ˈdægəʳ] N

1. (= knife) → daga f, puñal m
to be at daggers drawn (with sb) → estar a matar(con algn)
to look daggers at sb → fulminar a algn con la mirada

2. (Typ) → cruz f, obelisco m

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dagger [ˈdægə^r] n → poignard m
to be at daggers drawn → être à couteaux tirés
to be at daggers drawn with sb → être à couteaux tirés avec qn
to look daggers at sb → foudroyer qn du regard

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dagger

n

→ Dolch m; to be at daggers drawn with somebody (fig) → mit jdm auf (dem) Kriegsfuß stehen; to look daggers at somebody (Brit) → jdn mit Blicken durchbohren

(Typ) → Kreuz nt

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dagger [ˈdægəʳ] n → pugnale m, stiletto (Typ) → croce f
to be at daggers drawn (with sb) → essere ai ferri corti (con qn)
to look daggers at sb → fare gli occhiacci a qn

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dagger

n dagger [ˈdӕgə]

a knife or short sword for stabbing. dolk خَنْجَر кинжал dýka dolk; daggert der Dolch στιλέτο daga, puñal pistoda خنجر؛ دشنه tikari poignard פִּגיוֹן छुरा, कटार bodež tőr belati rÿtingur pugnale 短刀 단검 durklas duncis pisau belati dolk dolk, daggert sztylet adaga pumnal кинжал dýka bodalo bodež dolk กริช hançer, kama 匕首, 短劍 кинджал وار کرنے والا ایک خنجر یا چھوٹی تلوار dao găm 匕首, 短剑