stiletto

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/stɪˈlɛtəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/stɪˈlɛtoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sti let′ō)

Inflections of 'stiletto' (n):
stilettos
npl
stilettoes
npl
Inflections of 'stiletto' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
stilettoes
v 3rd person singular
stilettoing
v pres p
stilettoed
v past
stilettoed
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sti•let•to /stɪˈlɛtoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -tos, -toes. 
  1. a short knife with a slender, tapered blade.
  2. Clothinga woman's shoe with a long, high sharp heel;
    the heel itself.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sti•let•to  (sti let′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, -toes, v., -toed, -to•ing. 
n. 
  1. a short dagger with a blade that is thick in proportion to its width.
  2. a pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in needlework.

v.t. 
  1. to stab or kill with a stiletto.
  • Latin stilus stylus) + -etto -ette
  • Italian, equivalent. to stil(o) dagger (
  • 1605–15
sti•let′to•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
stiletto /stɪˈlɛtəʊ/ n ( pl -tos)
  1. a small dagger with a slender tapered blade
  2. a sharply pointed tool used to make holes in leather, cloth, etc
  3. Also called: spike heel, stiletto heel a very high heel on a woman's shoe, tapering to a very narrow tip
 vb ( -toes, -toing, -toed)
  1. (transitive) to stab with a stiletto
Etymology: 17th Century: from Italian, from stilo a dagger, from Latin stilus a stake, pen; see stylus
'stiletto' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
kitten heel - stylet - bodkin - stiletto heel
In Lists: Shoes, more...

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