dirk 1 of 2

noun

Definition of dirknext
as in dagger

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dirk

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verb

as in to pike

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Recent Examples of dirk
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirk
  1. dagger
  2. pike
  3. poniard
  4. quill
  5. knife
  6. bayonet
  7. switchblade
  8. thrust
Noun
  • Damon can be as crisp an orator as any actor now working, but his performance here reminds you why Jason Bourne, moving stealthily through a crowd like a sheathed dagger, remains one of his defining roles.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • Weary of seeing people pick their teeth with daggers, Cardinal Richelieu has knives blunted in royal France.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of dagger
Verb
  • This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
Definition of pike
Noun
  • This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.
    — John Tufts, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2017
Definition of poniard
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
Noun
  • The descriptions of the perpetrators, many of whom carried a knife, were often eerily similar; several were roughly the same height, weight and race.
    — ProPublica, ProPublica, 14 July 2026
  • An 18-year-old man accused of using a knife, sword and ax to murder his stepfather was formally charged on Monday.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of knife
Verb
  • There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.
    — Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
  • And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.
    — Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
Definition of bayonet
Noun
  • It’s been a quarter century since the mostly Canadian supergroup New Pornographers sprang from the florid imagination of Carl Newman, a pop savant with an angel’s voice and switchblade wit.
    — Elizabeth Nelson, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.
    — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of switchblade
Verb
  • As the weight swings forward, thrust your hips forward and stand up, keeping your arms straight.
    — Jenessa Connor, Health, 17 July 2026
  • What’s more, Taylor thrust himself firmly into the MVP conversation last year after exploding for a season-high 244 rushing yards and three TDs in a win over the Atlanta Falcons in Berlin that placed the Colts atop the AFC standings at 8-2.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 16 July 2026
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