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Definition of dirk

as in dagger

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Police said Johnson was on probation for a previous conviction for possession of a dirk or dagger at the time of his arrest. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 Additionally, one person was arrested on suspicion of possessing a dirk or dagger, police said. — City News Service, Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026 Richardson, who is in federal custody, was originally charged with a felony count of criminal threats, a felony count of possessing brass knuckles, a count of possessing a dirk or dagger, all felonies, and a misdemeanor count of possession of a large-capacity magazine. — City News Service, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026 He has been charged on suspicion of committing three felonies, making criminal threats, possession of brass knuckles and possession of a dirk or dagger, Orange County prosecutors said in a criminal complaint. — David K. Li, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2025 California, which is also in the Ninth Circuit, bans the possession of an even wider assortment of bladed weapons, including dirks, daggers, ballistic knives, belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, cane swords, and more. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023

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Noun

What do bell sleeves, paisley prints, and dagger collars have in common?

— Georgia Brown, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2026
With Stephen Curry connecting on 3-point daggers when needed most, the Warriors extended their winning streak to six.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of dagger

Verb

While the gold seemed all-but hers, Andrade came up short on her second vault, a comparatively simple Lopez vault, piking down and stepping over the line to incur a neutral deduction.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023

Definition of pike

Verb

Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.

— CNN, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
For six weeks last summer the DC-8 and a pair of Twin Otters similarly quilled with atmospheric-sampling instruments flew through more than 100 different columns.

— Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020

Definition of quill

Verb

Of the 300,000 Chinese slaughtered by the Japanese Imperial Army during a six-week period, most were civilians who were were bayoneted, machine-gunned and burned alive.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.

— Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020

Definition of bayonet

Noun

Markos takes revenge by slicing up Matt’s face with a switchblade, leaving him horribly disfigured and his acting career essentially over.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Officers found a switchblade and a glass drug pipe in his pants pockets, according to the complaint.

— Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of switchblade

Verb

If Nik’s not available for Friday, if Nik’s not available for this nonconference slate, people like him and Egor (Amosov) are going to now be thrust into bigger roles.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Along with the wealth of studies suggesting a reliance on these tools impacts critical thinking , many school districts are wary of thrusting a technology that’s become synonymous with effortless cheating at school assignments into students’ hands.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 8 Nov. 2026

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