Synonyms for dagger
ˈdæg ərdag·ger

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1. dagger, stickernoun

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

   Synonyms:
   thorn, spikelet, paster, spine, pricker, poser, sticker, toughie, stumper, prickle, gummed label, obelisk

2. dagger, obelisknoun

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

   Synonyms:
   sticker, obelisk

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1. • Character
   • Knife

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1. daggernoun

   Synonyms:
   poniard, dirk, stiletto

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1. daggernoun

   Synonyms:
   stiletto, poniard, bowie knife, dirk, obelisk

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1. List of paraphrases for "dagger":

   knife, sword

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1. List of known nicknames for "Dagger":

   Anders "Dagger" Sandberg, Anders Sandberg

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1. Jim Serpa:

   When I saw the big bulbous head, the tiny dorsal fin way back on its back and the dagger teeth, I knew exactly what it was. It also had an odd blowhole thats farther up than any other whale and slightly off-center.

2. Idiom:

   Honey in the mouth, Dagger in the stomach

3. President Tayyip Erdogan:

   Using sacred Islam's name, exploiting it, this terrorist group which spills Muslim blood has gone as far as attacking the town where the mosque and blessed remains of our Prophet are located, daesh is a dagger plunged into the chest of Muslims. Whoever gives support to this group, whether out of sectarian fanaticism or another motive, commits the same sin.

4. Sally Thompson:

   In Burma, everything was cloak and dagger, you didn't leave a paper trail, for your own protection. You didn't talk about things openly, you didn't share information because you couldn't trust anybody.

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   They gave me killer pills that knocked me on my ass for a few hours at least so I wouldn’t have to hear the godawful screaming. I’m exhausted and my blood boils and there’s nothing I can do. There was another life that seems so long ago and I try to reconstruct images, events, people, all just dreams tethered to the knife in my soul. This is my cross, my dagger, my napalm, my dance of the dead…