Dagger
noun
A short sharp pointed knife often used as a weapon.
The assassin pulled out a dagger from his pocket.
Often appears as...
- pull out a dagger
- hand on a dagger
noun
A symbol (†) used in writing to show a footnote or remark.
The dagger next to the text led me to a footnote at the bottom of the page.
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Academic
noun
In botany, a part of a plant or animal that looks or acts like a dagger.
The dagger-like thorns on the bush deterred any would-be predators.
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Technical
noun
A short sharp pointed knife often used as a weapon.
The assassin pulled out a dagger from his pocket.
Often appears as...
- pull out a dagger
- hand on a dagger
noun
A symbol (†) used in writing to show a footnote or remark.
The dagger next to the text led me to a footnote at the bottom of the page.
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In botany, a part of a plant or animal that looks or acts like a dagger.
The dagger-like thorns on the bush deterred any would-be predators.
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Concealable Weapon
Daggers are small enough to be hidden on a person, signifying stealth or secrecy in stories.
The spy had a dagger concealed in her boot.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Valor
Historically, daggers were symbols of bravery and are often found in tales of knights and warriors.
The ancient warrior was buried with his dagger.
Pro Tip 3/3Alternative Meaning
In modern context, 'dagger' can sometimes refer to something that hurts emotionally, like a betrayal.
His harsh words felt like a dagger to her heart.
Pro Tip 1/3Concealable Weapon
Daggers are small enough to be hidden on a person, signifying stealth or secrecy in stories.
The spy had a dagger concealed in her boot.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Valor
Historically, daggers were symbols of bravery and are often found in tales of knights and warriors.
The ancient warrior was buried with his dagger.
Pro Tip 3/3Alternative Meaning
In modern context, 'dagger' can sometimes refer to something that hurts emotionally, like a betrayal.
His harsh words felt like a dagger to her heart.
Pro Tip 1/3Concealable Weapon
Daggers are small enough to be hidden on a person, signifying stealth or secrecy in stories.
The spy had a dagger concealed in her boot.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Valor
Historically, daggers were symbols of bravery and are often found in tales of knights and warriors.
The ancient warrior was buried with his dagger.
Pro Tip 3/3Alternative Meaning
In modern context, 'dagger' can sometimes refer to something that hurts emotionally, like a betrayal.
His harsh words felt like a dagger to her heart.
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Chinaka Hodge: What will...
with the moment drawn on my face like a dagger, and flung it back at itself, slicing space for you." Tell her the truth, how you lived in spite of crooked odds. Tell her you were brave, and always, always in the company of courage, mostly the days when you just had yourself. Tell her she was born as you were, as your mothers before, and the sisters beside them,
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Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
better trying to avoid ending Ghana has perfectly placed himself in between all the twigs and branches anyways so the little dagger has decided that ting Ghana is not a friend to play with and trotted officers should have otherwise it would have found itself inside
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Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
what they had swallowed a liya is I want to call the dagger boys and to me I think after the hippos this is the second most dangerous animal in Africa well because of the heat of the day as I said earlier it was rather hot when it
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
dagger could be it could also mean mud but here in kenya for us when you say the dagger boys we always mean the buffaloes and more so calling the males because if the buffalo and especially and so and most of the male as i said
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How to saber a bottle of...
nice cold bottle of bubbly a big knife doesn't actually have to be a saber and it doesn't even need to be sharp in fact today we're going to use this completely awesome murderous dagger that was borrowed from the props closet
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Zoo Quest For A Dragon...
cloth she forces them to turn their daggers upon themselves the men almost insensible try to thrush these sharp swords into their chests but the balong's power is stronger than rangers and he is able to protect his followers
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The Real Amazons PIPE...
for the equipment and the script and the weapons and instead of being paid in money i asked for some props that's how adrian ended up with scythian battle gear she held up a dagger a quiver of arrows and then
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Slo-Mo Deadly Viper...
almost used like daggers to pierce into the balloon that was amazing can have another gaze all right no no the guy I can do this all day long I can't see how any snake in the world is gonna beat this
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The great conspiracy...
as many as 60 conspirators surrounded him, unsheathing daggers from their togas and stabbing at him from all sides. As the story goes, Caesar struggled fiercely until he saw Brutus.
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Toe-stabbing Spider PIPE...
fangs our pincer-like but the funnel webs are hardened and act like daggers to work these daggers they must raise their bodies up and strike down
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Chinaka Hodge: What will...
with the moment drawn on my face like a dagger, and flung it back at itself, slicing space for you." Tell her the truth, how you lived in spite of crooked odds. Tell her you were brave, and always, always in the company of courage, mostly the days when you just had yourself. Tell her she was born as you were, as your mothers before, and the sisters beside them,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 226 PIPE...
better trying to avoid ending Ghana has perfectly placed himself in between all the twigs and branches anyways so the little dagger has decided that ting Ghana is not a friend to play with and trotted officers should have otherwise it would have found itself inside
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
what they had swallowed a liya is I want to call the dagger boys and to me I think after the hippos this is the second most dangerous animal in Africa well because of the heat of the day as I said earlier it was rather hot when it
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
dagger could be it could also mean mud but here in kenya for us when you say the dagger boys we always mean the buffaloes and more so calling the males because if the buffalo and especially and so and most of the male as i said
Video examples
How to saber a bottle of...
nice cold bottle of bubbly a big knife doesn't actually have to be a saber and it doesn't even need to be sharp in fact today we're going to use this completely awesome murderous dagger that was borrowed from the props closet
Video examples
Zoo Quest For A Dragon...
cloth she forces them to turn their daggers upon themselves the men almost insensible try to thrush these sharp swords into their chests but the balong's power is stronger than rangers and he is able to protect his followers
Video examples
The Real Amazons PIPE...
for the equipment and the script and the weapons and instead of being paid in money i asked for some props that's how adrian ended up with scythian battle gear she held up a dagger a quiver of arrows and then
Video examples
Slo-Mo Deadly Viper...
almost used like daggers to pierce into the balloon that was amazing can have another gaze all right no no the guy I can do this all day long I can't see how any snake in the world is gonna beat this
Video examples
The great conspiracy...
as many as 60 conspirators surrounded him, unsheathing daggers from their togas and stabbing at him from all sides. As the story goes, Caesar struggled fiercely until he saw Brutus.
Video examples
Toe-stabbing Spider PIPE...
fangs our pincer-like but the funnel webs are hardened and act like daggers to work these daggers they must raise their bodies up and strike down
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Claire Cameron
Canadian Novelist
How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.
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Eric San
Canadian Musician
I realized that we were all sort of conspiring, well, not conspiring against each other, but all this cloak and dagger stuff and I was like; what is this?
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Adam Rayner
English Actor
Homeland' is a thriller with a lot of cloak and dagger spy stuff, which is one of the things that makes it so much fun.
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Margaret Cho
American Comedian
The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.
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Benito Mussolini
Italian Politician
Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.
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Jade Jagger
English Designer
Daggers have such beautiful, functional shapes, and decorating them is an ancient tradition.
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Suzanne Collins
American Novelist
When I was young, I was trained in stage fighting and rapier and dagger for several years.
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Alexander Cockburn
English Journalist
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
Word - that invisible dagger.
Quote examples
Claire Cameron
Canadian Novelist
How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an intriguing question and, pen and dagger tucked under cloak, search for clues.
Quote examples
Eric San
Canadian Musician
I realized that we were all sort of conspiring, well, not conspiring against each other, but all this cloak and dagger stuff and I was like; what is this?
Quote examples
Adam Rayner
English Actor
Homeland' is a thriller with a lot of cloak and dagger spy stuff, which is one of the things that makes it so much fun.
Quote examples
Margaret Cho
American Comedian
The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.
Quote examples
Benito Mussolini
Italian Politician
Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.
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Jade Jagger
English Designer
Daggers have such beautiful, functional shapes, and decorating them is an ancient tradition.
Quote examples
Suzanne Collins
American Novelist
When I was young, I was trained in stage fighting and rapier and dagger for several years.
Quote examples
Alexander Cockburn
English Journalist
The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
Word - that invisible dagger.
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