Synonyms:
dagger, sticker
Meaning: a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
Usage examples
KING'S DAGGER
"A dagger?" suggested Clyne.
"Is that your dagger?" snapped Carroll at the jewelry worker.
'Yes, sire, he had arms; he always carries a dagger in his belt.
In their hands they bear either a dagger, scourge, torch, or serpent.
Tenderly he gazes on the shining blade of the fatal dagger, and in exquisite verse thus addresses it:
The first word you utter will pierce through the hearts of your brothers like a deadly dagger. Their lives hang upon your tongue.
With a single, catlike motion, the Wolf sprang upon him, sheathing his dagger to the hilt in the Rat's back, between the shoulders.
Thatsh me--sure thash mine!" and carefully trying to balance himself, he reached forward as though to take the stained dagger from the hand of the detective.
On his breast hung a medallion bearing a picture of Princess Dorothy of Oz, and in his hand, as he stood looking at Ojo, was a sharp knife shaped like a dagger.