stiletto

Plural: stiletti, stilettoes, stilettos

Noun

• a small dagger with a tapered blade
• A small, slender knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
• A rapier.
• An awl.
• A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel).
• A beard trimmed into a pointed form.

Verb

Verb Forms: stilettoed, stilettoing, stilettos

• To stab with a stiletto, a slender, pointed dagger.
• To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).

Examples

• He tried to STILETTO his opponent’s strategy with a sharp, unexpected word.

Synonyms

bodkin beard, pique-devant

Anagrams of stiletto