stiletto

noun

Definition of stilettonext
as in dagger

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Recent Examples of stiletto Soft and stunning, this stiletto manicure looks straight out of a fairytale. — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 2 Aug. 2026 The shoe style is Maison Christian Louboutin‘s contemporary take on the timeless stiletto sandal. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 21 July 2026 Beyoncé accessorized the outfit with white stiletto pumps and a matching top-handle bag. — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Rihanna paired a brown Vetements football jersey with cargo shorts and beige stiletto boots for the outing, while covering her eyes with sunglasses. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for stiletto
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiletto
  1. dagger
  2. switchblade
  3. knife
  4. bayonet
  5. machete
  6. poniard
  7. pocketknife
  8. cutlass
Noun
  • The dagger goal with which Gotham FC sunk the record-breaking KC Current in 2025 was out of the second phase of a set piece.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • The delivery apps offer discovery and delivery for their 15% to 30% cut—a useful (if brutally expensive) tool for a family-run shop and a dagger to the pizza chains who once stood out by offering those services in-house.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 July 2026
Definition of dagger
Noun
  • If the trade does go through as is, then other questions about the Raptors sprout up — namely, what is to come of RJ Barrett, the 26-year-old switchblade entering the final season of his contract and eligible for an extension this summer.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of switchblade
Noun
  • The result is an LP that feels like both a one-off and a leap forward, constantly code-switching between electronic freakouts that wouldn’t be out of place on the Planet Mu label and sultry club pop with the campy, prop-knife edge of electroclash.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Today’s dinner knife is still sharp, although never quite sharp enough.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of knife
Noun
  • One of the standout features of these new headphones is their special locking cable, which uses a secure bayonet connection that’s designed to stay firmly attached during use.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.
    — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
Definition of bayonet
Noun
  • Late on July 25, a driver plowed a van into people a few hundred yards from the closing party of the Berlin Pride event before attacking others with what appears to have been a machete.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In another heated dispute at a Costco in British Columbia, a woman brandished a machete.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of machete
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
Noun
  • My grandfather, PopPop, is 99 and still shucks oysters using a bandana draped over one hand and a pocketknife in the other.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 31 July 2026
  • Police allegedly found a pocketknife on him and a gun in the vehicle.
    — Mamie Bah, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of pocketknife
Noun
  • The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
    — Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
Definition of cutlass

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