dagger
A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged bladeA stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
» It's a cloak-and-dagger operation.
Es ist eine Spionageoperation.
Это секретная операция.
Meaning
4 sensesA stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
Dolch
кинжа́лkinžál, стиле́тstilét, ко́ртикkórtik
кинджа́лkyndžál, ханджа́рxandžár
a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
The typographical mark †.
Kreuz
кре́стикkréstik
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.
His last-minute 3-point dagger silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come up big in big moments.
A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
Examples
36 sentencesIt's a cloak-and-dagger operation.
ruЭто секретная операция. — marafon
deEs ist eine Spionageoperation. — al_ex_an_der
Tom attacked Mary with a dagger.
ruТом напал на Мэри с кинжалом. — Wezel
deTom griff Maria mit einem Dolch an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom stabbed Mary with a dagger.
Ziri gave me a dagger look.
Ziri pulled out a small dagger.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English daggere, daggare, dagard, probably adapted from Old French dague (1229From 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”).
Perhaps from diagonal.
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