dagger
To pierce with a daggerTo pierce with a dagger; to stab.
» It's a cloak-and-dagger operation.
Es ist eine Spionageoperation.
Это секретная операция.
Meaning
2 sensesTo pierce with a dagger; to stab.
(Jamaica)To perform the daggering dance.
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.
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”).
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Forms
daggers, daggering, daggered, daggeredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle