dagger
A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
Other meanings
The typographical mark †.
A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.
“His last-minute 3-point dagger silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come up big in big moments.”
Kinds of dagger
- crease
Word history
From Old French "dague".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dagger” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.