dagger

Definition of Dagger in English :

1. dagger, sticker

a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

2. dagger, obelisk

a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dagger

noun

1.

a short stabbing weapon with a pointed blade

2. Also called: obelisk

a character (†) used in printing to indicate a cross reference, esp to a footnote

3. at daggers drawn

4. look daggers

verb (transitive)

5.

to mark with a dagger

6. archaic

to stab with a dagger

noun

1.

a weapon with a short, pointed blade, used for stabbing

2.

a symbol (†) used as a reference mark or to indicate that a person listed has died

n.

1. A short pointed weapon with sharp edges.

2. Something that agonizes, torments, or wounds.

3. Printing

a. See obelisk.

b. A double dagger.