stiletto
noun /stɪˈletəʊ/
/stɪˈletəʊ/
(plural stilettos, stilettoes)
- enlarge image(also stiletto heel)(especially British English) a woman’s shoe with a very high narrow heel; the heel on such a shoe synonym spike heelTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
- a small knife with a narrow pointed blade (= cutting edge)
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of stilo ‘dagger’.