Meanings
noundaggering (countable and uncountable, plural daggerings)
plural daggerings
- countableuncountableA stab from, or as if from, a dagger.
- countableuncountableA type of dance associated with dancehall, where dancers simulate dry sex to the musical beat.
She also submitted herself to daggering, the shameless, controversial dancehall dance maneuver that involves rapid-fire pelvic thrusts.
2009 September 7, Jon Caramanica, “A Dose of Raunch on a Night of Stars, Shtick and Slapstick”, in New York Times
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dagger
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APA
daggering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daggering
MLA
“daggering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daggering. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daggering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daggering.
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