dirk
1 of 2noun
ˈdərk 
: a long straight-bladed dagger
dirk
2 of 2verb
dirked; dirking; dirks
transitive verb
: to stab with a dirk
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2020 From 2014 to 2016, Tabares bounced in and out of Orange County jails for misdemeanor convictions including disturbing the peace, carrying a dirk or dagger, possession of an opium pipe and resisting arrest. Hannah Fry, Daily Pilot, 28 Sep. 2017 The battle fades around them as the two engage in an intimate fight to the death: BJR stabs Jamie in the leg and Jamie forces his dirk into Black Jack's side. Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Sep. 2017 Daggers, dirks, throwing knives, swords and machetes. Editors, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017 Male, 48, arrested, South 14th and Main streets, carry concealed dirk or dagger. Ramona Sentinel, 26 July 2017
Noun
On Tuesday, Adam Abdul-Jabbar was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of carrying a dirk or dagger and three enhancements of inflicting great bodily injury, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office. Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2020 From 2014 to 2016, Tabares bounced in and out of Orange County jails for misdemeanor convictions including disturbing the peace, carrying a dirk or dagger, possession of an opium pipe and resisting arrest. Hannah Fry, Daily Pilot, 28 Sep. 2017 The battle fades around them as the two engage in an intimate fight to the death: BJR stabs Jamie in the leg and Jamie forces his dirk into Black Jack's side. Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Sep. 2017 Daggers, dirks, throwing knives, swords and machetes. Editors, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017 Male, 48, arrested, South 14th and Main streets, carry concealed dirk or dagger. Ramona Sentinel, 26 July 2017 Word History
Etymology
Noun
Scots durk
First Known Use
Noun
1557, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1599, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
dirk
noun
ˈdərk
: a long dagger with a straight blade
dirks 1 of 2
noun
as in daggers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- daggers
- knives
- cutlasses
- switchblades
- poniards
- bayonets
- bodkins
- bolos
- machetes
- pocketknives
- swords
- stilettos
- cutters
- stilettoes
- stylets
- rapiers
- bowie knives
- shivs
- sabres
- cleavers
- sheath knives
- yataghans
- shanks
- sabers
- bowie knifes
- steels
- switch knives
- jackknives
- scalpels
- hacks
dirks
2 of 2verb
as in pikes
Synonyms & Similar Words
- pikes
- bayonets
- quills
- poniards
- gimlets
- prongs
- spears
- riddles
- lances
- thrusts
- knifes
- perforates
- spindles
- punches
- pricks
- harpoons
- pinpricks
- pokes
- spikes
- slices
- pinks
- sticks
- stabs
- gores
- jabs
- pecks
- runs through
- spits
- picks
- impales
- punctures
- skewers
- cuts
- pierces
- transpierces
- transfixes