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stiletto definition

sti·letto (sti let′ō)

noun pl. stilettos -·tos or stilettoes -·toes

  1. a small dagger, having a slender, tapering blade
  2. a small, sharp-pointed instrument used for making eyelet holes in cloth, etc.
  3. Chiefly Brit. spike heel
    in full stiletto heel

Etymology: It, dim. of stilo, dagger < L stilus: see style

transitive verb stilettoed -·toed, stilettoing -·to·ing

to stab, or kill by stabbing, with a stiletto

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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