bayonet
/ˈbeɪənɪt/US/ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
bayonet noun: a blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
Noun
bayonet (plural bayonets)
- A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
- Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi
- “Well, the proper way to kill a man with a bayonet is this: First you thrust it in under the ribs—here.”1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 515
- A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
Verb
bayonet (third-person singular simple present bayonets, present participle bayoneting or bayonetting, simple past and past participle bayoneted or bayonetted)
bayonet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
bayonet in Hindi
- weapon
- संगीन saṅgīn
bayonet in Tamil
- மின்கருவிப் பகுதி, சனியன்
bayonet in Urdu
- weapon
- سنگین sangīn
bayonet in Bengali
- weapon
- সঙ্গীন śoṅgin, সঙ্গিন śoṅgin
More languagesFewer languages
- bayonet in Malayalam
- തോക്കിൻറെ കൂടെയുള്ള കുന്തം
- bayonet in Kannada
- ಕೋವಿ ಈಟಿ
- bayonet in Gujarati
- સંગીન saṅgīn
- bayonet in Tagalog
- bayoneta
- bayonet in Arabic
- حَرْبَة ḥarba, سُونْكِيّ sunkiyy
- bayonet in Indonesian
- sangkur
- bayonet in Persian
- سرنیزه sarnize
- bayonet in Thai
- ดาบปลายปืน dàap-bplaai-bpʉʉn
- bayonet in Vietnamese
- lưỡi lê
Examples of bayonet in a sentence
- I was given permission to fall out and join him, gladly setting aside my groundling's bayonet.
- Some people cannot stand knives, swords, bayonets, anything sharp; psychiatrists have a word for it: aichmophobia.
- The bayonet instructors would go absolutely fanti if they heard him, wouldn′t they?
Forms of bayonet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bayonets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bayonets |
| present participle | bayoneting |
| present participle | bayonetting |
| past participle | bayoneted |
| past | bayoneted |
| past participle | bayonetted |
| past | bayonetted |
Origin of bayonet
Borrowed from French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.
Words formed from bayonet
- bayonet charge
- bayonet clutch
- Bayonet Constitution
- bayoneteer
- bayonet joint
- bayonetlike
- beef bayonet
- knife bayonet
- Spanish bayonet
- spike bayonet
- sword bayonet
Phrases with bayonet
Words that rhyme with bayonet
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about bayonet
- What does bayonet mean?
- Bayonet means a blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
- What is bayonet in Hindi?
- Bayonet in Hindi is संगीन (saṅgīn). See Bayonet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bayonet?
- Bayonet can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bayonet?
- Bayonet is pronounced /ˈbeɪənɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bayonet?
- The plural of bayonet is bayonets.
Words near bayonet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bayonet (page history and authors); bayonet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bayonet (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bayonet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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