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noun
- 1. a blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.
- 2. 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"
verb
- 1. stab (someone) with a bayonet: "stragglers were bayoneted where they fell"
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bayonet | American Dictionary. noun [ C ] us / ˌbeɪ·əˈnet, , ˈbeɪ·ə·nɪt / Add to word list. a long, sharp blade attached to a gun.
A bayonet (from Old French bayonette, now spelt baïonnette) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be used as an improvised spear in close combats. [1]
a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat. a pin projecting from the side of an object, as the base of a flashbulb or camera lens, for securing the object in a bayonet socket.
The meaning of BAYONET is a steel blade attached at the muzzle end of a shoulder arm (such as a rifle) and used in hand-to-hand combat.
A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon. Synonyms: sword, knife, blade, lance More Synonyms of bayonet. 2. verb. To bayonet someone means to push a bayonet into them.
Definition of bayonet noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a pin projecting from the side of an object, as the base of a flashbulb or camera lens, for securing the object in a bayonet socket.
A bayonet is a knife attached to the end of a rifle. This makes the rifle capable of even more violence than before. This handy extension to the business end of a rifle gets its name from the French city of Bayonne.
1. a daggerlike steel weapon attached to the muzzle of a gun for hand-to-hand combat. 2. a pin or flange that serves to lock in place a lens inserted into a camera or a flashbulb in a socket. v.t. 3. to kill or wound with a bayonet. [1605–15; < French baïonnette, after Bayonne, France, where the weapon was first made]
a knife that is fastened onto the end of a long gun. (Definition of bayonet from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
