noun
- plural of bayonet; sharp blades that attach to the end of rifles
Usage: military
verb
- third person singular present of bayonet; to stab or attack with a bayonet
Usage: military
Examples
- The soldiers fixed bayonets to their rifles before the charge.
- The museum displayed Civil War bayonets in a glass case.
- He bayonets the target during training exercises.
- The infantry practiced with their bayonets attached.
- Sharp bayonets gleamed in the morning sunlight.
- The sergeant bayonets the dummy with precision.
- Antique bayonets are valuable to collectors.