bayonet
Plural: bayonets
Noun
- a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
- A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
- A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
Verb
Verb Forms: bayoneted, bayoneting, bayonets, bayonetted, bayonetting
- To stab someone with a blade fixed to a rifle.
- stab or kill someone with a bayonet
- To stab with a bayonet.
- To compel or drive by the bayonet.
Examples
- He used BAYONET to cut off my access to the double-word score.
Origin / Etymology
From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.
Scrabble Score: 12
bayonet: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbayonet: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bayonet: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
bayonet: valid Words With Friends Word