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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A dagger.
  2. v. To stab with a dirk.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A stabbing weapon; a dagger. Especially— The long and heavy dagger worn as a part of the equipment of the duniwassal, or gentleman, among the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland. It had different forms at different times. The more modern style has a scabbard with one or two minor sheaths in it for small knives.
  2. n. The common side-arm of a midshipman in the British naval service. It is usually straight, but is sometimes a very short, curved cutlas.
  3. To poniard; stab.
  4. An occasional Middle English and Scotch form of dark.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
  2. v. To stab with a dirk.
  3. v. obsolete To darken.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander.
  2. v. To stab with a dirk.
  3. adj. obsolete Dark.
  4. v. obsolete To darken.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a relatively long dagger with a straight blade

Etymologies

  1. Etymology unknown, apparently from Scots. First attested in 1602 as dork, in the later 17th century as durk. The spelling dirk is due to Johnson's Dictionary of 1755. (Wiktionary)
  2. Scots durk. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “In this case the dirk is a real dirk, which the man takes and stabs himself with on the left side, below the navel, drawing it across to the right side.”

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  • “Archy's eyes sparkled, for the loss of his dirk was a bitter memory.”

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  • “However those firms working heavily in the private sector are really not having a good time at the moment. "dirk" wrote in message news: 6054991@discussion. autodesk.com ...”

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  • “This time, Josh's early offense wasn't the result of step-back jumpers; three of his four first-quarter makes were layups or dunks. dirk made 16 shots for 26 points. dirk makes shot ref to scorers table: "1 point" dirk: "c'mon ref, i shot from behind the arc!" ref: "i said 1 point, you nazi!”

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  • “Dropping the stone, she rummaged in the pocket hanging from her belt and pulled out the little dirk Maisey had given her and held it up in front of her.”

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  • “This time she sat bolt upright, eyes opened, dirk at the ready.”

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  • “He strode toward her, not appearing the least intimidated by the dirk she brandished.”

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  • “Not even when he grabbed her wrist and twirled her around, slamming her back into his hard chest as he knocked the dirk from her hand.”

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. dark
  1. darken

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. sticker
  1. dagger

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. rapier
  2. stiletto
  3. dagger
  4. broadsword
  5. cutlass
  1. crysknife
  2. panga
  3. buckler
  4. scimitar
  5. cleaver
  1. poniard
  2. machete
  3. sabre
  4. tomahawk
  5. javelin
  1. cayuse
  2. awl
  3. ax
  4. shortsword
  5. saber
  1. truncheon
  2. hatchet
  3. jackknife
  4. snuffbox
  5. targe

rhymes (34)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Berk
  2. Burk
  3. Burke
  4. Kirk
  5. Merc
  6. Turk
  1. berk
  2. berserk
  3. birk
  4. burke
  5. cirque
  6. clerk
  1. derk
  2. erk
  3. irk
  4. jerk
  5. kirk
  6. lurk
  1. merc
  2. merck
  3. merk
  4. murk
  5. overwork
  6. perc
  1. perk
  2. quirk
  3. rework
  4. sherk
  5. shirk
  6. smirk
  1. sterk
  2. turk
  3. werk
  4. work

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. dagger
  1. dirk
  1. whinger
  1. snee
  1. dagger-knife
  1. dirk-knife
  1. haft
  1. jag
  1. skiver

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