bayonet
noun
[ ˈbeɪənɪt ]
• a blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.
• denoting a fitting for a light bulb, camera lens, etc. which is engaged by being pushed into a socket and then twisted to lock it in place.
• "a bayonet fitting"
bayonet
verb
• stab (someone) with a bayonet.
• "stragglers were bayoneted where they fell"
Similar:
stab,
pierce,
spear,
knife,
gore,
spike,
stick,
impale,
run through,
transfix,
prick,
puncture,
gash,
slash,
Origin:
late 17th century (denoting a kind of short dagger): from French baïonnette, from Bayonne, the name of a town in SW France, where they were first made.
