Advertisement
Advertisement
dagger
[ dag-er ]
noun
- a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- Also called obelisk. Printing. a mark (†) used especially for references.
verb (used with object)
- to stab with or as if with a dagger.
- Printing. to mark with a dagger.
dagger
/ ˈ»åæɡə /
noun
- a short stabbing weapon with a pointed blade
- Also calledobelisk a character (†) used in printing to indicate a cross reference, esp to a footnote
- at daggers drawnin a state of open hostility
- look daggersto glare with hostility; scowl
verb
- to mark with a dagger
- archaic.to stab with a dagger
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dagger1
Idioms and Phrases
- look daggers at, to look at angrily, threateningly, or with hate.
More idioms and phrases containing dagger
In addition to the idiom beginning with daggers , also see look daggers .Example Sentences
The University of Alabama College Democrats released a statement on Wednesday that accused President Donald Trump and his administration of striking a "cold, vicious dagger through the heart of UA's international community."
“We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion,†he said.
Lightning coach Kerwin Walters called this three in the final minute a "dagger."
Wealth has a way of sorting relationships when one friend's opulence brings out lustful envy in the others, the deadly sins most likely to drive daggers into the gut of any platonic bond.
“H&M and Zara are still seen as fast fashion, but they have been able to escape some of the daggers that have hit Forever 21,†Craig said.
Advertisement
Related ˜yÐÄvlogs
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse