PONIARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poniard mean? 

• PONIARD (noun)
  The noun PONIARD has 1 sense:

1. a dagger with a slender blade

  Familiarity information: PONIARD used as a noun is very rare.

• PONIARD (verb)
  The verb PONIARD has 1 sense:

1. stab with a poniard

  Familiarity information: PONIARD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PONIARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dagger with a slender blade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bodkin; poniard

Hypernyms ("poniard" is a kind of...):

dagger; sticker (a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing)

Derivation:

poniard (stab with a poniard)

• PONIARD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they poniard    ... he / she / it poniards   
Past simple: poniarded   
Past participle: poniarded   
-ing form: poniarding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stab with a poniard

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "poniard" is one way to...):

knife; stab (use a knife on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to poniard the prisoners

Derivation:

poniard (a dagger with a slender blade)

 Context examples 

Rest assured of this, that if all else fail I have always a safeguard here—drawing a small silver-hilted poniard from her bosom—which sets me beyond the fear of these vile and blood-stained wretches.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)