bayonet

bay·o·net  (b-nt, -nt, b-nt)

n.

A blade adapted to fit the muzzle end of a rifle and used as a weapon in close combat.

tr.v. bay·o·net·ed or bay·o·net·ted, bay·o·net·ing or bay·o·net·ting, bay·o·nets

To prod, stab, or kill with this weapon.

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[French baïonnette, after Bayonne, a town of southwest France.]

Word History: It is not unusual for a word to come from a place name. Cheddar, from the name of a village in southwest England; hamburger, after Hamburg, Germany; and mayonnaise, possibly from Mahón, the capital of Minorca, are often found together on our tables. The word bayonet, a very undomestic sort of word, also derives from a place name, that of Bayonne, a town in southwest France where the weapon was first made. The French word baïonnette could also mean "a dagger or a knife," and the English word bayonet is first found in 1672 with this meaning. The word is first recorded in its present sense in 1704.

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bayonet

Noun

a blade that can be attached to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon

Verb

[-neting, -neted] or -netting, -netted

to stab or kill with a bayonet [Bayonne, a port in France, where it originated]

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Bayonet a group of soldiers armed with bayonets, 1780.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bayonet - a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon knife - a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
Verb	1.	bayonet - stab or kill someone with a bayonet knife, stab - use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"

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bayonet

verb stab, cut, wound, knife, slash, pierce, run through, spear, transfix, impale, lacerate, stick

Translations

bayonet [ˈbeɪənɪt] n → bayoneta

bayonet [ˈbeɪənɪt] n → baÔonnette f

bayonet [ˈbeɪənɪt] n → Bajonett nt

bayonet [ˈbeɪənɪt] n → baionetta

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bayonet

n bayonet [ˈbeiənit]

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