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dag·ger /ˈdæɡə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. PMWa short pointed knife used as a weapon 匕首，短剑2. look daggers at somebody informalLOOK AT to look at someone angrily 对某人怒目而视3. be at daggers drawn ANGRYif two people are at daggers drawn, they are extremely angry with each other 势不两立，剑拔弩张 → cloak-and-dagger

Examples from the Corpus

dagger• Even though she'd expected it, that smile twisted in Shannon's heart like a dagger.• Caterina takes a dagger from the gallery artifact collection and goes to meet him.• The two combatants were armed with spears and shields, and each man had sword and dagger at his belt.• It was rather like having a heated dagger thrust into the eyeball and twisted, then caustic soda rubbed in the wound.• Their relationship is not free and easy but at least Red is no longer looking daggers at her.• I jumped to one side, and the dagger went deep into my shoulder.• As the dagger went in, the bush turned grey and all its thorns went pale and soft.Origin dagger (1300-1400) Perhaps from dag “to push a knife into” ((14-18 centuries))

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dagger
dag‧ger /ˈdæɡə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. a short pointed knife used as a weapon
2. look daggers at somebody informal to look at someone angrily
3. be at daggers drawn if two people are at daggers drawn, they are extremely angry with each other
⇨ cloak-and-dagger

dag·gerBrE /ˈdæɡə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdæɡər/ 🔊 noun

a short pointed knife that is used as a weapon 匕首；短剑  ➡  see also cloak-and-dagger ●at daggers ˈdrawn(BrE) if two people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry with each other 剑拔弩张；势不两立●look ˈdaggers at sbto look at sb in a very angry way 对某人怒目而视