Stabbing

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stab \Stab\ (st[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stabbed} (st[a^]bd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Stabbing}.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten,
     fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff,
     stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a
     stub. Cf. {Staff}.]
     1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the


        thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a
        dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a
        person.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or
        slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stab
       n 1: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab
            of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: {pang}, {twinge}]
       2: a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed
          instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
          [syn: {thrust}, {knife thrust}]
       3: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his
          best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: {shot}]
       v 1: use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: {knife}]
       2: stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket
          knife" [syn: {jab}]
       3: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
          ribs" [syn: {jab}, {prod}, {poke}, {dig}]
       [also: {stabbing}, {stabbed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stabbing
       adj 1: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a
              stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic
              than losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of
              disloyalty" [syn: {traumatic}, {wounding}]
       2: as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a
          cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing
          knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism";
          "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: {cutting}, {keen},
           {knifelike}, {piercing}, {lancinate}, {lancinating}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stabbing
       See {stab}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "stabbing":
     acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous,
     acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, agonizing, astringent,
     atrocious, bayonetting, biting, bitter, brisk, caustic, corroding,
     corrosive, cramping, cruel, cutting, distressing, double-edged,
     edged, escharotic, excruciating, fierce, gnawing, grave, griping,
     hard, harrowing, harsh, hurtful, hurting, impalement, incisive,
     keen, knifelike, knifing, mordacious, mordant, painful, paroxysmal,
     penetrating, piercing, poignant, pungent, racking, rigorous, rough,
     scathing, scorching, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic, spasmic,
     spasmodic, stinging, strident, stringent, tart, the sword,
     tormenting, torturous, transfixion, trenchant, vehement, violent,
     virulent, vitriolic, withering