Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To stab with a bayonet.

    stab or kill someone with a bayonet

  2. (transitive)To compel or drive by the bayonet.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Some of the soldiers had rifles with bayonets.

    deEinige Soldaten hatten ein Gewehr mit Bajonett. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Yanni never uses bayonet light bulbs.

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  3. Yanni never buys bayonet light bulbs.

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  4. Vasya was killed by a bayonet.

    ruВасю убили штыком. — cykel

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  5. Yanni hates bayonet light bulbs.

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Origin

Borrowed from French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug ba

Borrowed from French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.

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Forms

bayonets, bayoneting, bayoneted, bayoneted
Base formbayonet · to bayonet
3rd person singularbayonets
Present participlebayoneting
Past simplebayoneted / bayonetted
Past participlebayoneted / bayonetted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybayonet
he, she, itbayonets

Past simpleLesson

all personsbayoneted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bayoneted
he, she, ithas bayoneted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bayonet

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bawlbayA2bayoubazaarbeA1
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