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dag·ger
(dăg′ər)n.
Idiom: 1. A short pointed weapon with sharp edges.
2. Something that agonizes, torments, or wounds.
3. Printing
a. See obelisk.
b. A double dagger.
look daggers at
To glare at angrily or hatefully.
[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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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
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| Noun | 1. |  dagger - a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbingdirk - a relatively long dagger with a straight blade 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 stiletto - a small dagger with a tapered blade |
| 2. | dagger - a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote 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]
"Is this a dagger which I see before me"
"The handle toward my hand?" [William Shakespeare Macbeth]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
خَنْجَر
кама
dýka
daggertdolk
ristitikari
kereszttőr
rýtingurrÿtingur
durklas
duncis
pumnalsemn de carte
dýka
bodalo
dolkkors
dagger
[ˈdægəʳ] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dagger
[ˈdægər] n → poignard mto 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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dagger
[ˈdægəʳ] n → pugnale m, stiletto (Typ) → croce fto 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.
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