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dagger
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
dagger
(noun)
cloak–and–dagger
(adjective)
look
(verb)
shoot
(verb)
stare
(verb)
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dagger
/
ˈ
dægɚ/
noun
plural
daggers
dagger
/
ˈ
dægɚ/
noun
plural
daggers
Learner's definition of DAGGER
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count
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:
a sharp pointed knife that is used as a weapon
at daggers drawn
chiefly British
:
angry and ready to fight
political parties that are
at daggers drawn
(with each other)
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look/shoot/stare daggers at
:
to look at (someone) in an angry way
They
looked daggers at
each other across the table.
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cloak-and-dagger
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