ALL meanings of stabbing
stab·bing
S s - adjective stabbing penetrating; piercing: a stabbing pain. 1
- adjective stabbing emotionally wounding: a stabbing remark. 1
- adjective stabbing incisive or trenchant: a stabbing, satirical phrase. 1
- verb with object stabbing to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork. 1
- verb with object stabbing to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something: He stabbed the knife into the man's chest. 1
- verb with object stabbing to penetrate sharply or painfully: Their misery stabbed his conscience. 1
- verb with object stabbing to make a piercing, thrusting, or pointing motion at or in: He stabbed me in the chest with his finger. The speaker stabbed the air in anger. 1
- verb without object stabbing to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon: to stab at an attacker. 1
- verb without object stabbing to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon. 1
- noun stabbing the act of stabbing. 1
- noun stabbing a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon. 1
- noun stabbing an attempt; try: Make a stab at an answer before giving up. 1
- noun stabbing a wound made by stabbing. 1
- noun stabbing a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation: He felt a stab of pain in his foot. A stab of pity ran through her. 1
- idioms stabbing a stab in the back, an act of treachery. 1
- idioms stabbing stab (someone) in the back, to do harm to (someone), especially to a friend or to a person who is unsuspecting or in a defenseless position. 1
- noun stabbing knife attack 1
- adjective stabbing pain: acute 1
- countable noun stabbing A stabbing is an incident in which someone stabs someone else with a knife. 0
- adjective stabbing A stabbing pain is a sudden sharp pain. 0
- noun stabbing the act or an instance of someone being injured with a sharp pointed instrument, esp a knife 0
- adjective stabbing painful or piercing as if caused by a sharp instrument 0