dagger

dag·ger

 (dăg′ər)

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 *dāca (ēnsis), Dacian (knife), from feminine of Latin Dācus.]

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dagger

(ˈdæɡə)

n

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

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

3. at daggers drawn in a state of open hostility

4. look daggers to glare with hostility; scowl

vb (tr)

5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to mark with a dagger

6. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) archaic to stab with a dagger

[C14: of uncertain origin]

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dag•ger

(ˈdæg ər)

n.

1. a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.

2. Also called obelisk. a printer's mark (†) used esp. for references.

v.t.

3. to stab with or as if with a dagger.

4. to mark with a printer's dagger.

Idioms:

look daggers at, to look at with intense hostility or anger.

[1350–1400; Middle English, probably alter. of Old French dague, of obscure orig.; compare dag]

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dagger

Past participle: daggered
Gerund: daggering

Imperative

dagger

dagger

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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]

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Translations

خَنْجَر

кама

dýka

daggertdolk

Dolch

εγχειρίδιοστιλέτο

puñal

ristitikari

poignardcroixdague

פגיון

kereszttőr

rýtingurrÿtingur

dagapugnalestilettomisericordiaai ferri corti

durklas

duncis

dolkkruis

daggertdolk

punhaladaga

pumnalsemn de carte

кинжалкрестик

dýka

bodalo

dolkkors

hançerkama

匕首短剑

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dagger

(ˈdӕgə) noun

a knife or short sword for stabbing. dolk خَنْجَر кинжал adaga dýka der Dolch dolk; daggert στιλέτοdaga, puñal pistoda خنجر؛ دشنه tikari poignardפגיון छुरा, कटार bodež tőr belati rÿtingur pugnale 短刀 단검 durklas duncis pisau belati dolkdolk, daggertsztylet خنجر: چاړه 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

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