Usually means: Japanese short sword, dagger-like.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. tanto: Merriam-Webster
  2. tanto, tanto: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tanto: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Tanto, tanto: Wordnik
  5. tanto: Wiktionary
  6. tanto: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. tanto: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. tanto: Dictionary.com
  9. Tanto (album), Tanto: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. tanto: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. tanto: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tanto: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Tanto: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wiktionary (tanto)

noun:  (weaponry) A traditional Japanese small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.
noun:  A knife blade shape/style comprising well-differentiated front and longitudinal edges, somewhat reminiscent of a chisel but with an angled front allowing for an acute-angle point.
adverb:  (music) So much; too much.

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