Antonyms for stiletto

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sti-let-oh

Phonetic Transcription : stɪˈlɛt oʊ

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for stiletto

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