bayonet
verb/ˈbeɪənət/, /ˌbeɪəˈnet/
/ˈbeɪənət/, /ˌbeɪəˈnet/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bayonet | /ˈbeɪənət/, /ˌbeɪəˈnet/ /ˈbeɪənət/, /ˌbeɪəˈnet/ |
| he / she / it bayonets | /ˈbeɪənəts/, /ˌbeɪəˈnets/ /ˈbeɪənəts/, /ˌbeɪəˈnets/ |
| past simple bayoneted | /ˈbeɪənətɪd/, /ˌbeɪəˈnetɪd/ /ˈbeɪənətɪd/, /ˌbeɪəˈnetɪd/ |
| past participle bayoneted | /ˈbeɪənətɪd/, /ˌbeɪəˈnetɪd/ /ˈbeɪənətɪd/, /ˌbeɪəˈnetɪd/ |
| -ing form bayoneting | /ˈbeɪənətɪŋ/, /ˌbeɪəˈnetɪŋ/ /ˈbeɪənətɪŋ/, /ˌbeɪəˈnetɪŋ/ |
- bayonet somebody to push a bayonet into somebody in order to kill them
- Innocent civilians had been shot and bayoneted.
Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting a kind of short dagger): from French baïonnette, from Bayonne, the name of a town in SW France, where they were first made.
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