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"DAGGERS" is a plural of: dagger. |
Date "DAGGERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Daggers To speak daggers, To look daggers. To speak or look so as to wound the sensibilities. "I will speak daggers to her; but will use none." - Shakespeare: Hamlet, iii. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang | Exclamation. Source: The daggers that shoot out from cartoon characters' eyes when they get mad. Definition: Word is used when trying to convey how much someone else has hurt your feelings. Context: Basic social interaction. Social Source: Bay area college students. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Slang in 1811 | DAGGERS. They are at daggers drawing; i.e. at enmity, ready to fight. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Execrate; exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate; abuse, abuse like a pickpocket; scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of; jaw; rail, rail at, rail in good set terms; bark at; anathematize, call names; call by hard names, call by ugly names; avile, revile; vilify, vilipend; bespatter; backbite; clapperclaw; rave against, thunder against, fulminate against; load with reproaches. |
Discord | At odds, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at variance, at issue, at cross purposes, at sixes and sevens, at feud, at high words; up in arms, together by the ears, in hot water, embroiled. |
Enmity | Adjective: inimical, unfriendly, hostile; at enmity, at variance, at daggers drawn,at open war with; up in arms against; in bad odor with. |
Hate | At daggers drawn; not on speaking terms; (enmity); at loggerheads. |
Opposition | In hostile array, front to front, with crossed bayonets, at daggers drawn; up in arms; resistant. |
Resentment | Pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder, look daggers; bite one's thumb; show one's teeth, grind one's teeth; champ the bit, champ at the bit. |
Threat | Defy; intimidate; keep in terrorem, hold up in terrorem, hold out in terrorem; shake the fist at, double the fist at, clinch the fist at; thunder, talk big, fulminate, use big words, bluster, look daggers, stare daggers. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DAGGERS |
| Specialty definitions using "DAGGERS": Ale-dagger ♦ Daggers Drawn ♦ Look Daggers ♦ Ribbon Dodge. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Peter! I swear to you wherever you go, wherever you are, I vow there will always be daggers buried in notes signed James Hook (Hook; writing credit: J.M. Barrie;) Oh, mighty scorpion, dangerous beast of the ocean with your powerful daggers, and your camouflage you have little to fear from other fish (Zaat; writing credit: Ron Kivett; Lee O. Larew) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Men fighting with daggers & sword while two women stand to side and woman gestures from stairs. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Daggers" by Glass Shard Commentary: "Took this at a bazaar in Oman at an old weapons store. These are old omany Daggers called " Khanjar" and which are still woren around the waste with a belt in the Omanian culture." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The officers were armed with carbines, clubs, swords, and daggers. |
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Trade | Luxembourg | Also prohibited from importation are weapons such as swordsticks, daggers, bludgeons, rifles above 20 caliber, and antipersonnel mines. (references) |
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| "DAGGERS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "DAGGERS" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 95% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 3.75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 80 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "DAGGERS": at daggers drawn ♦ be at daggers drawn ♦ be at daggers drawn with smb. ♦ look daggers ♦ look daggers at smb. ♦ spanish daggers ♦ stare daggers ♦ To look daggers ♦ to speak daggers. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "DAGGERS": daggers-drawn. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "DAGGERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 匕首 (dagger). (various references) | |
Czech | probodávat koho oèima (look daggers at smb.), loupnout po kom oèima (glare at smb., look daggers at smb.), hnìvat se s kým (be at daggers drawn with smb.), být na kordy (be at daggers drawn). (various references) | |
Finnish | olla sotakannalla (be at daggers drawn, be at enmity). (various references) | |
German | Dolche. (various references) | |
Hungarian | gyilkos pillantást vet vkire (to look daggers at sy). (various references) | |
Italian | pugnali. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 目を三角にする (to look daggers at someone). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | めをさんかくにする (to look daggers at someone). (various references) | |
Korean | 회검 (dagger). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aggersday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | punhais. (various references) | |
Romanian | privi furios (look daggers), la cuţite (at daggers drawn), fi la cuţite (be at daggers drawn). (various references) | |
Russian | говорить озлобленно (speak daggers), злобно смотреть (leer, look daggers), бросать гневные взгляды (look daggers). (various references) | |
Spanish | dagas. (various references) | |
Swedish | se mordisk ut (look daggers), på fientlig fot (at daggers drawn). (various references) | |
Turkish | düşmanca bakmak (look daggers at smb.), ters ters bakmak (glower, look daggers at smb.), kanlı bıçaklı olmak (be at daggers drawn), can düşmanı olmak (be at daggers drawn). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 23, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai esthsen panta ton laon ekaston en toiV oploiV autou apo thV wmiaV tou oikou thV dexiaV ewV thV wmiaV thV aristeraV tou qusiasthriou kai tou oikou epi ton basilea kuklw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Constituitque omnem populum tenentium pugiones a parte templi dextra usque ad partem templi sinistram coram altari et templo per circuitum regis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he sette al the puple, of holdyng daggers, fro the riyt partie of the temple vnto the left part of the temple, before the auter and the temple, by enuyroun of the kyng. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king on all sides. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he put all the people in position, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, by the altar and the house and all round the king. |
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| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 23, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Ug iyang gipahamutang ang ang tibook katawohan, ang tagsatagsa ka tawo uban sa hinagiban diha sa iyang kamot, sukad sa too nga kiliran sa balay ngadto sa wala nga kiliran sa balay, ubay sa halaran ug sa balay, tupad sa hari nagalibut. |
| Croatian | Postavio je sav narod, svakoga s kopljem u ruci, od južne do sjeverne strane Doma, prema žrtveniku i prema Domu oko kralja unaokolo. |
| Danish | Derpå opstillede han alt Folket, alle med Spyd i Hånd, fra Templets Sydside til Nordsiden, hen til Alteret og derfra igen hen til Templet, rundt om Kongen. |
| Dutch | En hij stelde al het volk, en een ieder met zijn geweer in zijn hand, van de rechterzijde van het huis tot de linkerzijde van het huis, naar het altaar, en naar het huis, bij den koning rondom. |
| Finnish | Ja hän asetti koko kansan, kullakin peitsi kädessä, temppelin eteläsivulta aina sen pohjoissivulle saakka, päin alttaria ja temppeliä, kuninkaan ympärille. |
| French | Il fit entourer le roi en plaçant tout le peuple, chacun les armes à la main, depuis le côté droit jusqu`au côté gauche de la maison, près de l`autel et près de la maison. |
| German | und stellte alles Volk, einen jeglichen mit seiner Waffe in der Hand, von dem rechten Winkel des Hauses bis zum linken Winkel, zum Altar und zum Hause hin um den König her. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Yoyada juga menempatkan orang-orang dengan pedang terhunus di seputar bagian depan Rumah TUHAN untuk melindungi raja. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diaturnya orang banyak itu masing-masing dengan senjata pada tangannya dari pada sebelah kanan rumah sampai kepada sebelah kiri rumah, di antara mezbah dengan rumah keliling baginda. |
| Italian | Mise tutto il popolo, ognuno con l'arma in pugno, nel lato meridionale e nel lato settentrionale del tempio, lungo l'altare e l'edificio, in modo da circondare il re. |
| Maori | I whakaturia ano e ia te iwi katoa, me a ratou patu i te ringa o tenei, o tenei, i te koki ki matau o te whare, tae noa ki te koki ki maui o te whare, ki nga taha o te aata, o te whare, hei karapoti mo te kingi. |
| Norwegian | Og han stilte alt folket op, hver mann med våben i hånd, fra husets høire side til husets venstre side bortimot alteret Og bortimot huset rundt omkring kongen. |
| Portuguese | E dispôs todo o povo, cada um com as suas armas na mão, desde o lado direito até o lado esquerdo da casa, por entre o altar e a casa, ao redor do rei. |
| Rumanian | A awezat tot poporul, fiecare cu arma kn mknq, dela partea dreaptq pknq la partea stkngq a casei, lkngq altar wi lkngq casq de jur kmprejurul kmpqratului. |
| Russian | Й РПУФБЧЙМ ЧЕУШ ОБТПД, ЛБЦДПЗП У ПТХЦЙЕН ЕЗП Ч ТХЛЕ ЕЗП, ПФ РТБЧПК УФПТПОЩ ИТБНБ ДП МЕЧПК УФПТПОЩ ИТБНБ, Х ЦЕТФЧЕООЙЛБ Й Х ДПНБ, ЧПЛТХЗ ГБТС. |
| Spanish | Luego puso a toda la gente en su lugar, cada uno con su lanza en la mano, desde el lado sur del templo hasta el lado norte del templo, entre el altar y el templo, alrededor del rey. |
| Swedish | Och han ställde upp allt folket, var och en med sitt vapen i handen, från husets södra sida till husets norra sida, mot altaret och mot huset, runt omkring konungen. |
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Misspellings | |
"DAGGERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aggers, baggers, dagarti, dager, dagers, dagets, Dagge, daggeer, dagori, dagre, D'alger, Digges, Doggert, Doggets, taggers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DAGGERS" (pronounced da"gerz) |
| 4 | -a" g er z | braggers, Jaggers, staggers. |
| 3 | -g er z | Angers, augers, augurs, Cougars, beggars, bootleggers, buggers, burgers, carpetbaggers, catalogers, cheeseburgers, chiggers, diggers, Eggers, fingers, forefingers, gangbangers, hamburgers, jaegers, joggers, leaguers, lingers, loggers, lugers, mongers, muggers, rigors, sandbaggers, sluggers, sugars, tigers, triggers, vinegars, Youngers. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-g-r-s" | |
-1 letter: aggers, dagger, eggars, gagers, grades, ragged, sagged, sagger, seggar. | |
-2 letters: agers, agger, dares, dears, degas, drags, dregs, egads, eggar, gaged, gager, gages, gears, grade, grads, raged, rages, rased, reads, sager, sarge. | |
-3 letters: aged, ager, ages, ares, arse, dags, dare, dear, drag, dreg, ears, egad, eggs, eras, ergs, gads, gaed, gaes, gage, gags, gars. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-g-r-s" | |
+1 letter: aggrades, draggers, draggles, saggared, saggered, scragged. | |
+2 letters: aggressed, draggiest, raggedest, staggered, straggled, swaggered. | |
+3 letters: aggrandise, bedraggles, degreasing, desugaring, gadgeteers, gadgetries, raggedness, sandbagger, segregated. | |
+4 letters: aggrandised, aggrandises, aggrandizes, beggarweeds, brigandages, budgerigars, desegregate, disagreeing, gangsterdom, haggardness, laggardness, loggerheads, sandbaggers. | |
+5 letters: aggrandizers, desegregated, desegregates, disaggregate, disregarding, footdraggers, gangsterdoms, gingerbreads, goddaughters, raggednesses, resegregated, safeguarding, sluggardness, sparkplugged, straightedge, unsegregated. | |
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