dagger

Noun

dagger (plural daggers)

1. (Weapon) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short blade.
   • 1600: I bruis"d my shin th" other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence... — William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scene I, line 282.
   • 1786: The dagger, under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34.
2. A text character (†) that is used for footnotes and also signifies death.
3. Anything that causes pain like a dagger.
   • 1596: Tubal: Your daughter spent in Genoa, as I heard, one night fourscore ducats. Shylock: You stick"st a dagger in me. I shall never see my gold again. Fourscore ducats at a sitting, fourscore ducats! — William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene II, line 108.

Synonyms:

• barb (3)
• dirk (1)
• knife (1)
• obelisk (2), obelus (2)

6 letters in word "dagger": A D E G G R.

Anagrams of dagger:

• ragged

Words found within dagger:

ad ae ag age aged ager agger ar ard are ared areg da dae dag dare darg de dear drag dreg ea ear eard ed egad egg eggar er era erg gad gade gadge gae gaed gag gage gaged gager gar gare gear ged grad grade rad rade radge rag ragde rage raged ragg re read red reg

Word lists related to dagger:

Words within dagger, by length
Words starting with dagger
Words containing dagger
Words ending with dagger
Words formed from dagger by changing one letter
Words starting with dagger by next letter
Words that start with the letter d
Words that end in the letter r
Words starting with da
Words ending in er
Words beginning with dag
Words that end with ger
6 letter words starting with d

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