Definition of dagger:

part of speech: noun

Short stabbing sword; a mark of reference.

Common misspellings * :

• daggar (56.3%)
• dager (37.5%)
• damgage (3.1%)
• daggett (3.1%)

Usage examples :

• Upon which she turned quick, and, looking at Proculeius, drew out her dagger which she had with her to stab herself. "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", - Clough, Arthur Hugh

• I do not suppose that he intended to run a dagger into me. "Autobiography of Anthony Trollope", - Anthony Trollope

• There was the medical evidence that he had been stabbed to death by a blow from a very formidable knife or dagger which had been driven into his heart from behind. "Dead Men's Money", - J. S. Fletcher

• He seized one- a dagger and sprang to his feet. "The Weavers, Complete", - Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009