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dagger-sharp

dagger-sharp adjective: very sharp.

Adjective

dagger-sharp (comparative more dagger-sharp, superlative most dagger-sharp)

  1. Very sharp
    • During my first day in the woods, Raoul, the big alpha male of Rambo II, opened wide to show me his dagger-sharp canines, then sauntered by and swatted my calf with a stick—letting me know my place in the social order. (Low.)2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-t...

Forms of dagger-sharp

comparativemore dagger-sharp
superlativemost dagger-sharp

Questions about dagger-sharp

What does dagger-sharp mean?
Dagger-sharp means very sharp.
What part of speech is dagger-sharp?
Dagger-sharp is an adjective.

Words near dagger-sharp in the dictionary

  1. dagger moth
  2. dagger moths
  3. dagger of lath
  4. dagger-axe
  5. dagger-axes
  6. dagger-sharp
  7. daggerblade
  8. daggerblade grass shrimp
  9. daggerblade grass shrimps
  10. daggerblades
  11. daggerboard

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