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