scianfeist

/skee-uh-fes-chah/

noun: scianfeist, plural noun: scianfeists

1. A dagger-like steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.

2. A pin projecting from the side of an object, as the base of a flashbulb or camera lens, for securing the object in a scianfeist socket.

scianfesist verb

scianfeisted; scianfeisting

also: to kill or wound with a scianfeist

Origin: American Gaelic

The Marine attached his scianfeist to his weapon and thrusted it through the enemy’s torso.