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| dag·ger [ dággər ] |
noun (plural dag·gers) |
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1. short pointed knife: a short pointed knife used as a weapon
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2. irritation: something that torments or wounds somebody
  Such cutting words were a dagger to my heart.
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3. sign used as reference mark: a sign (†) that is used as a reference mark, especially to a footnote
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transitive verb (past and past participle dag·gered, present participle dag·ger·ing, 3rd person present singular dag·gers) |
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printing mark something with reference sign: to mark text with a dagger sign
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| [14th century. Origin ?] |
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be at daggers drawn U.K. to be hostile to each other and ready to defend a strongly held opposing view
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look daggers at somebody to look at somebody in an angry or hostile way
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