bayonet
bayonet
Definition
bayo·net (bā′ə net′; also bā′ə nət)
noun
- a detachable, daggerlike blade put on the muzzle end of a rifle, for hand-to-hand fighting
- a part like a bayonet in shape, manner of attachment, etc.
Etymology: Fr bayonnette, after Bayonne, France (see Bayonne), where first made
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·net′ed or -·net′·ted, -·net′·ing or -·net′·ting
to stab, prod, or kill with a bayonet
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Synonyms
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Synonyms
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Usage Examples
Converse of object
- fix: Standing over us was a Nip soldier, holding a rifle with bayonet fixed.
- use: We had no occasion that time to use the bayonet.
- have: I have a bayonet fitted to the top of my guitar.
- attach: This late Type 56 has a permanently attached folding triangular bayonet which unfortunately is missing.
- stick: I saw him lying dead with his bayonet stuck into a big German officer twice his size.
- charge: A column rushing forward with charged bayonets almost seemed to reach the enemy's ramparts, but then to melt away.
Adjective modifier
- fixed: His rifle is raised with a fixed bayonet, threatening the camera.
- British: The number of casualties inflicted by the British bayonet on the enemy was comparatively small.
- standard: These attractive frosted glass bulbs are available in either standard bayonet or standard screw.
- German: The Rada sold itself to German Imperialism and called in the German bayonets to suppress the workers and peasants of the Ukraine.
- French: It avoided adventures such as the left proposal to occupy the enterprises in the Ruhr in face of French bayonets.
- triangular: This late Type 56 has a permanently attached folding triangular bayonet which unfortunately is missing.
Modifies a noun
- fighting: See Figure 2. This was intended to catch the opponent's blade during bayonet fighting.
- fitting: Using the bayonet fitting, the burner can easily be changed without tools.
- drill: The field next to the Baptist Chapel, known as Chapel Ground, was used for bayonet drill.
- cap: There are vent holes in the form of slits just where the bayonet cap joins the plastic housing.
- charge: He was killed leading a bayonet charge, sword in hand.
- lens: Nikon's DX Format sensor and F bayonet lens mount design assures compatibility across the comprehensive range of AF and DX Nikkor lenses.
Noun used with modifier
bayonet Quotes
A bayonet is a weapon with a worker at each end.
We will only leave our places by the force of the bayonet!
