dagger
Syllables: dag·ger/ˈdæɡə/US/ˈdæɡɚ/
dagger noun: a stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
Noun (1)
dagger (plural daggers)
- A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
- The dagger, under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 34
- The typographical mark †.
- A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.
- His last-minute 3-point dagger silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come up big in big moments.
Verb
dagger (third-person singular simple present daggers, present participle daggering, simple past and past participle daggered)
Noun (2)
dagger (plural daggers)
Noun (3) capitalized: Dagger
Dagger (plural Daggers)
- A player, supporter or other person connected with Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club.
dagger meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dagger in Hindi
- a stabbing weapon
- छुरा churā, छुरी churī, ख़ंजर xañjar, खंजर khañjar, क्षुरी kṣurī, क्षुर kṣur
dagger in Tamil
- குத்துவாள்
dagger in Marathi
- a stabbing weapon
- चाकू cākū, सुरा surā, खंजीर khañjīr, कट्यार kaṭyār
dagger in Urdu
- a stabbing weapon
- خَنْجَر xanjar, دَشْنَہ daśna, چُھری churī
More languagesFewer languages
- dagger in Bengali
- ছোরা chōra, খঞ্জর khonjor
- dagger in Telugu
- కటారి kaṭāri, బాకు bāku
- dagger in Malayalam
- കഠാര kaṭhāra
- dagger in Kannada
- ಬಾಕು bāku
- dagger in Punjabi
- ਖੰਜਰ khañjar
- dagger in Gujarati
- ખંજર khañjar
- dagger in Sanskrit
- छुरी churī
- dagger in Nepali
- खञ्जर khañjar
- dagger in Pashto
- خنجر xanjar
- dagger in Tagalog
- punyal, balaraw, patalim, daga
- dagger in Arabic
- خَنْجَر ḵanjar
- dagger in Malay
- belati, khanjar, kanjar, badik
- dagger in Indonesian
- belati, khanjar
- dagger in Thai
- กริช grìt, มีดสั้น
- dagger in Vietnamese
- dao găm
- dagger in Myanmar
- ဓားမြှောင် dha:hmraung
Examples of dagger in a sentence
- For new players, I recommend maining the dagger and using the axe as a backup weapon.
- The archaeologist dug out a Saxon dagger.
- Is there any hero that actually builds blink dagger to specifically blink away from a fight?
Synonyms of dagger
Forms of dagger
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | daggers |
| plural | Daggers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | daggers |
| present participle | daggering |
| past participle | daggered |
| past | daggered |
Origin of dagger
From Middle English daggere, daggare, dagard, probably adapted from Old French dague (1229), related to Occitan, Italian, Spanish daga, Dutch dagge, German Degen, Middle Low German dagge (“knife's point”), Old Norse daggarðr, Danish daggert, Faroese daggari, Welsh dager, dagr, Breton dac, Albanian thikë (“a knife, dagger”), thek (“to stab, to pierce with a sharp object”). 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). 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...
Perhaps from diagonal.
Words formed from dagger
- at daggers drawn
- bedaggered
- bollock dagger
- Bridport dagger
- bull-dagger
- cloak-and-dagger
- dagger-axe
- dagger board
- daggerboard
- daggerless
- daggerlike
- daggerman
- dagger moth
- dagger of lath
- daggerpoint
- daggerproof
- dagger-sharp
- daggertooth
- double dagger
- ear dagger
- kidney dagger
- Liaoning bronze dagger culture
- look daggers
- microdagger
- mutton dagger
- parrying dagger
- punch dagger
- push dagger
- Quine dagger
- Spanish dagger
- speak daggers
- stab yourself and pass the dagger
- stare daggers
- Swiss dagger
Phrases with dagger
Words that rhyme with dagger
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Questions about dagger
- What does dagger mean?
- Dagger means a stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
- What is dagger in Hindi?
- Dagger in Hindi is छुरा (churā), छुरी (churī), ख़ंजर (xañjar). See Dagger meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dagger?
- Dagger can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce dagger?
- Dagger is pronounced /ˈdæɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dagger?
- The plural of dagger is daggers.
Words near dagger in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dagger (page history and authors); Dagger (page history and authors); dagger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖੰਜਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ખંજર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); छुरी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); खञ्जर (Nepali) (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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