1. a thin high heel on a woman’s shoe
2. a woman’s shoe with a very thin high heel
3. a small dagger with a slender pointed blade
Usage: historical

Examples

• She wore black stilettos to the formal dinner.
• The stiletto heel got caught in the sidewalk crack.
• Her stilettos clicked loudly on the marble floor.
• The museum displayed an ornate Renaissance stiletto.
• She practiced walking gracefully in her new stilettos.
• The antique stiletto had an ivory handle.
• Her stiletto heels were four inches high.