Dagger

Word DAGGER
Character 6
Hyphenation dag ger
Pronunciations /ˈdæɡə(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Dagger"

What do we mean by dagger?

A short pointed weapon with sharp edges. noun

Something that agonizes, torments, or wounds. noun

A double dagger. noun

(look daggers at) To glare at angrily or hatefully. idiom

To pierce with a dagger; stab.

To provide with a dagger.

To dagger arms. See arm.

In ship-building, any timber lying diagonally. noun

An edged and pointed weapon for thrusting, shorter than a sword, and used, commonly in connection with the rapier, by swordsmen in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, held in the left hand to parry the thrust of an adversary's rapier. noun

Any straight stabbing-weapon, as the dirk, poniard, stiletto, etc. noun

In printing, an obelisk; a mark of reference in the form of a dagger, thus: . noun

In entomology, the popular name of several noctuid moths of the genus Acronycta: so called from a black dagger-like mark near the inner angle of the fore wings. noun

In Sollas's nomenclature of sponge-spicules, a form of the sexradiate spicule resulting from reduction of the distal ray and great development of the proximal ray. noun

Plural In botany: The sword-grass, Phalaris arundinacea, or perhaps Poa aquatica. noun

The yellow flag, Iris Pseudacorus. noun

Dagger of lath noun

Double dagger noun

To pierce with a dagger; to stab. transitive verb

A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

The text character †; the obelus.

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

IN BRIEF: Something that kills the chances of a good outcome. This is mainly said when competition is involved. IN BASKETBALL: -A completed buzzer-beater at the end of the game to take the lead, -a field goal or free throw made for a team with just enough time for the opposite team to not produce the win or -if the lead is completely out of reach, "2:00 left" is automatically the dagger. IN FOOTBALL: -A completed touchdown, field-goal or a safety at the end of the game to take the lead, -a touchdown, field goal or safety made for a team with just enough time for the opposite team to not produce the win or -if the lead is completely out of reach, "2:00 left" is automatically the dagger. Urban Dictionary

V - Caribbean term for really rough sex, often imitated while dancing. Think backshot. Urban Dictionary

It is love. Love in the perspective of Loki Laufeyson. Like he says "Love is a dagger. It’s a weapon to be wielded far away or up close. You can see yourself in it. It’s beautiful until it makes you bleed. But ultimately, when you reach for it… “It isn’t real,” Urban Dictionary

Means something is cool, awesome Urban Dictionary

A fart walk by. Urban Dictionary

1)when a large problem is covering your life 2) when you are shocked or hurt by something someone has said. Urban Dictionary

A phrase to be shouted at a party when someone is either verbally insulted or beaten in a recreational game in front of a large group of people. Urban Dictionary

A slang term or abreviation for Dark African nigger. Refers to person whose skin is extremly dark. Urban Dictionary

To be sharp. To turn into something sharp. Urban Dictionary

This is a Dancehall.Mobi definition of a term or phrase that is popular in the dancehall and / or in the lyrics of Jamaican deejays and singers. What is daggering? Some call it “dry sex” on the dance floor of a dance or party, but daggering is where a man and woman are dancing in a sexually provocative manner, which usually includes them simulating various sexual positions, and often times, rough sex, to the beat of whatever music is playing at the time. In recent times, dancehall artistes RDX and Mr. Vegas have both released daggering songs in tribute to the newly accepted name for an action / activity that has been present in Jamaica’s dancehalls for many years. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dagger

The word "dagger" in example sentences

The term dagger itself denotes a sense of mystery, danger and mischief. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You start off well enough with lances, but only the dagger is an improvement: it goes faster. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As the United States staggers past the third anniversary of its misadventure in Iraq, the dagger is already poised, the myth is already being perpetuated. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If Obama says "I Love you" to the progressives can only mean another dagger is going to be in our backs soon. like the no public option and Bush conservative Kagan to the SC ❋ Unknown (2010)

One presice strice in vital spot (yes, every living thing has those - even Aliens) with a dagger is enought. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He dug his finest dagger from the drawer of his desk, and tucked it inside his boot. ❋ Lili (2007)

With a startled cry of fear he leaped aside, his pack falling to the path with a crash of metal, and his left hand whipped out the long, thin dagger at his waist. ❋ Superversive (2006)

McCants hit a 3-point dagger from the top of the key for an ❋ Unknown (2004)

Dixon, on the way to 18 points in his final college game, answers with a three-point dagger from the left wing, putting the Terrapins up 45-44 with 9: 43 left ❋ Unknown (2002)

First came a layup, then a breakaway dunk after an Arizona turnover, then another layup while being fouled, then a minute later, a three-point dagger from the corner. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Edwin, seeing nought but the death of his friend before his sight, regardless of himself, made a spring from his side, and snatched a dagger from the belt of one of the murderers. ❋ Unknown (1875)

A lady, who had taken a kind charge of him, accompanied him to the theatre, and in the most thrilling scene of Kemble's acting, what is usually termed the dagger scene in Macbeth, she turned to the farmer with a whisper, “Is not that fine?” to which the confidential reply was, “Oh, mem, its verra enterteening!” ❋ Ramsay, Edward B (1874)

Below the hips hung a dagger from a Turkish girdle; and the skirt of heavy flowered brocade was festooned with strings of gold and silver coins that rattled as she walked; the skirt, made short in front, as she stamped her foot, showed the leg above the yellow riding boots, in bright red trousers. ❋ M��r J��kai (1864)

She seized a dagger from the ottoman, a rare and highly-tempered blade. ❋ Unknown (1822)

The use of the dagger is seldom adopted in public councils, as long as they retain any confidence in the power of the sword. ❋ Unknown (1206)

After the strike, they stand there, Mihawk’s dagger in Zoro’s chest, and Mihawk says, This dagger is an inch from your heart. ❋ Unknown (2010)

use of the word dagger makes me think this isn't modern day true crime. ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

13 This dagger is often a foot and a half in length, and upwards of two inches wide at the broadest part, and very heavy. ❋ Unknown (1856)

EXAMPLE: Mo Williams shot the dagger in [Cleveland's] win against Atlanta in Game 4. [Just so you know], Cleveland [swept] Atlanta in that game, too. ❋ Mr. Terrence L. Trezvant (2009)

Me dagger da gal [deh] so hard last night she [cah] walk. (I [daggered] that girl so hard last night, she can't walk.) ❋ EmpressE (2009)

"Why did you [stab] me with a dagger." "I [gave] you [love]." ❋ An_kid1231 (2021)

[oh my god]! Those [shoes] are so dagger! ❋ Extremecinabunz (2013)

[Shelbi], did you just [pull a] dagger [on me]?! ❋ Softballgal28 (2011)

Wow, [my cat] died, thats a dagger. lisa: "[you suck at life]" Bob([offended]) "dagger!" ❋ Megzoggie (2006)

[Willy] you got worked in [beer pong], [DAGGER]!! ❋ Scott Skeez (2007)

[White guy] 1: Holy fuck a [black hole] run!!! [white guy] 2: No, that's just another dagger. White guy 1: Then get him the fuck out of here before he steals my watch! ❋ Rim Jobs (2008)

Her [nose] [morphed] into a daggerous [point]. ❋ Boiled Spud26 (2008)

'Did you [see] the [daggering] [last night]?' ❋ Aliveman Di Wiseman (2009)

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