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    Dagger

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing 2 | noun | a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

    Pronunciation

    d'ager (IPA: dˈæɡɝ)

    Hyphenation

    dag-ger (6 letters | 2 syllables)

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    First known use in English

    1375 (Late Middle ages) (650 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old French | Old Provençal |

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    daggers

    Synonyms

    sticker | obelisk

    Narrower terms

    bodkin | crease | creese | dirk | kirpan | kris | poniard | stiletto (total: 8)

    Broader terms

    knife | character | grapheme | graphic symbol (total: 4)

    Rhymes

    bragger | stagger | swagger (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    digger | Jagger | nagger | sagger | tagger (total: 5)

    Anagram

    ragged

    Phrases

    cloak-and-dagger | dagger fern | dagger-like | double dagger | Spanish dagger (total: 5)

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 匕首 (noun) Hindi: | छुरा (noun) Arabic: | خِنجَر (noun) Spanish: | puñal (small arms) | daga (small arms) French: | poignard (small arms) | dague (small arms)

    Other notable uses

    Dagger (US population: 160 people, white: 93%)

    Cloak & Dagger

    dagger.com | dagger.net | dagger.org | dagger.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    "Is this a ___ which I see before me": Macbeth | Blade | Cloak's partner | It has a sticking point | Macbeth's weapon | Sticking point? | Stiletto or dirk (total: 7) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    9 (International English) | 9 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ?32-4437

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