dagger

Meaning

Noun

1. A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
2. The typographical mark †.
3. 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.

Verb

1. To pierce with a dagger; to stab.
2. (Jamaica) To perform the daggering dance.

Synonyms

dirk

knife

🔪

poniard

sword

small knife

saber

obelisk

stiletto

pointing stick

sticker

hanger

hour hand

hunting knife

javelin

manual

prick

puncheon

razor

🪒

right-hand man

sheet metal

spear

spike

stylet

vade mecum

weapon

Cross

double dagger

obelus

spike heels

text book

whinger

short sword

small sword

to stab with a dagger

Daga

naval dirk

blade

bodkin

chiasm

club

confidant

cross

dart

🎯

diesis

handbook

Translations

Dolch

🗡️

pugnale

🗡️

poignard

🗡️

puñal

daga

🗡️

dolk

🗡️

adaga

🗡️

dague

🗡️

stiletto

hançer

🗡️

daga

🗡️

خنجر

🗡️

xencer

ξιφίδιο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdæɡə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: daggere

Cognate with Occitan: -

Cognate with Italian: -

Cognate with Spanish: daga

Cognate with Dutch: dagge

Cognate with German: Degen

Cognate with Middle Low German: dagge

Cognate with Old Norse: daggarðr

Cognate with Danish: daggert

Cognate with Faroese: daggari

Cognate with Welsh: dager

Cognate with Breton: dac

Cognate with Albanian: thikë

In summary

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 from about 1400.
Relation to Old Armenian դակու (daku, “adze, axe”) has also been suggested. Alternatively, a connection from Proto-Indo-European *dʰāg-u- and cognate with Ancient Greek θήγω (thḗgō, “to sharpen, whet”).

Sentences

Luckily , the dagger couldn't penetrate the bullet proof vest .