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Synonyms for stiletto
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sti-let-oh |
| Phonetic Transcription : stɪˈlɛt oʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for stiletto Other synonyms for the word stiletto
- acicula
- acumination
- anlace
- apex
- arbalest
- archery
- arrow
- assegai
- atlatl
- awn
- ax
- axe
- backsword
- ballista
- banderilla
- barb
- barong
- bat
- baton
- battle-ax
- bazooka
- beak
- bill
- billy club
- blackjack
- blowgun
- bludgeon
- bodkin
- bolo
- boomerang
- bow and arrow
- bowie knife
- brass knuckles
- cape
- catapult
- claw
- cleaver
- club
- crossbow
- cudgel
- cusp
- cutlass
- cutting edge
- dart
- dirk
- edge
- flamethrower
- foreland
- harpoon
- hatchet
- head
- headland
- howitzer
- hunting knife
- jag
- lance
- lancet
- machete
- machine gun
- missile
- mucro
- mucronation
- musket
- nerve gas
- nib
- nuclear bomb
- nunchaku
- pin point
- pistol
- point
- poniard
- prick
- prickler
- promontory
- prong
- pumps
- revolver
- rifle
- ripper
- saber
- sabre
- scalpel
- scimitar
- scythe
- shank
- shiv
- shotgun
- sickle
- sidearm
- skean
- skewer
- skiver
- slingshot
- snag
- spear
- spike
- spine
- spire
- spur
- steel
- sticker
- stiletto
- stilettos
- stylet
- summit
- switchblade
- sword
- tear gas
- thorn
- tickler
- tine
- tip
- tooth
Définition of stiletto
Origin :- 1610s, "short dagger with a thick blade," from Italian stiletto, diminutive of stilo "dagger," from Latin stilus "pointed writing instrument" (see style (n.)). Stiletto heel first attested 1953.
- As in knife : noun cutting tool
- As in point : noun sharp end, top, end of extension
- As in weapon : noun arm, armament
- As in high heels : noun women's shoe with tall heel
- As in mucro : noun point
- As in mucronation : noun point
- As in dagger : noun knife
- As for the other palace servants, they had been silenced with bribery or the stiletto.
- Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
- And he recognized the girl with the stiletto whom he had caught in his hotel room.
- Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
- It is only a short step with them from a sworn friendship to the stiletto.
- Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. » by Charles James Lever
- Take away, I entreat you, this stiletto, which henceforth is useless to me.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- It was then that he was done for and with what is assumed to have been a stiletto.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- He drew the stiletto from his bosom, and threw that after it.
- Extract from : « An Old Meerschaum » by David Christie Murray
- And yet, if that offer had not been made as some sort of stiletto jest, why had it been made at all?
- Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
- There was on the toilet-table a stiletto, with a pearl handle.
- Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
- Soon after that the villain came to her, and she stabbed him directly with this stiletto.
- Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
- Among the natives he was known as "Malabanan's stiletto," and was supposed to do all of the killing.
- Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson
Antonyms for stiletto
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