Meaning

1 senses

  1. To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Mary wore stiletto heels.

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  2. Those stiletto heels look stunning but are hard to walk in.

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  3. Mary was wearing stilettos.

    ruМэри была в туфлях на шпильках. — marafon

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  4. She was wearing stilettos.

    deSie trug Pfennigabsätze. — Yorwba

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Origin

Borrowed from Italian stiletto. By surface analysis, Latin stilus + Italian -etto. Doublet

Borrowed from Italian stiletto. By surface analysis, Latin stilus + Italian -etto. Doublet of stylet.

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Forms

stilettos, stilettoing, stilettoed, stilettoed
Base formstiletto · to stiletto
3rd person singularstilettos
Present participlestilettoing
Past simplestilettoed
Past participlestilettoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystiletto
he, she, itstilettos

Past simpleLesson

all personsstilettoed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stiletto

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stiflestigmastigmatizestilestillA1
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