stiletto

noun

A small dagger with a slender, tapering blade.

noun

Something shaped like such a dagger.

noun

A small, sharp-pointed instrument used for making eyelet holes in needlework.

To strike or wound with a stiletto; hence, in general, to stab.

noun

A dagger having a blade slender and narrow, and thick in proportion to its width—that is, triangular, square, etc., in section, instead of flat.

noun

A small sharp-pointed implement used for making eyelet-holes and for similar purposes. Stilettos are of ivory, bone, metal, and other materials.

noun

A beard trimmed into a sharp-pointed form.

transitive verb

To stab or kill with a stiletto.

noun

A kind of dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.