Dagger definition
To stab with a dagger.
verb
(soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with w:Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club.
noun
A short pointed weapon with sharp edges.
noun
The definition of a dagger is a short weapon with a sharp point that is used for stabbing, or something that hurts someone like a weapon.
An example of a dagger is a short metal sword used during the middle ages.
An example of a dagger is a mean insult.
noun
A double dagger.
noun
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To mark with a dagger.
verb
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Something that agonizes, torments, or wounds.
noun
A weapon with a short, pointed blade, used for stabbing.
noun
A symbol (†) used as a reference mark or to indicate that a person listed has died.
noun
look daggers at
- To glare at angrily or hatefully.
idiom
stare daggers at
- to look at with anger or hatred
idiom
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
dagger
Plural:
daggersIdioms and Phrasal Verbs
look daggers at
stare daggers at
Origin of dagger
- 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
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) uses daca in his Philippide. Other Middle Latin forms include daga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga; the forms with -r- are late 14th century adoptions of the English word). OED points out that there is also an English verb dag (“to stab”) from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400.
From Wiktionary
- In English attested from the 1380s. The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. Grimm suspects Celtic origin. Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin *daca "Dacian [knife]", from the Latin adjective dācus. Chastelain (Dictionaire etymologique, 1750) thought that French dague was a derivation from German dagge, dagen, although not attested until a much later date).
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- Relation to Old Armenian դակու (daku, “adze, axe”) has also been suggested.
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- Perhaps from diagonal.
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