Stiletto
[stɪ'letəʊ] or [stɪ'lɛto]
Definition
(n.) A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.
(n.) A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.
(n.) A beard trimmed into a pointed form.
(v. t.) To stab or kill with a stiletto.
Editor: Lorna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Dagger, dirk, poniard.[2]. Bodkin.
Checked by Abram
Definition
n. a dagger with a slender and narrow blade: a pointed instrument for making eyelet-holes:—pl. Stilett′os.—v.t. to stab with a stiletto:—pr.p. stilett′oing; pa.t. and pa.p. stilett′oed.
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Examples
- He has an English frame, but, apparently, not an English mind--you would say, an Italian stiletto in a sheath of British workmanship. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Does my lord carry bravos for couriers, and stilettos in the fourgons? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The round eyes, eager gaze, the piping voice which enunciated the words, had operated like stilettos on his brain. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Checker: Marty