What does "bayonet" mean?

A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.

What is a synonym for "bayonet"?

Common synonyms include: attach, bayonetting, blade, dagger, dirk, dudgeon.

/ˈbeɪənɪt/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
"Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet."
2
a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon wordnet
3
A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

Verb

1
To stab with a bayonet. transitive
2
stab or kill someone with a bayonet wordnet
3
To compel or drive by the bayonet. transitive
"to bayonet us into a submission"

"Yanni never uses bayonet light bulbs."

From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.