stabbing
/ˈstæb.ɪŋ/
verb
- 1
To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
“If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate.”
- 2
To thrust in a stabbing motion.
“to stab a dagger into a person”
- 3
To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
“He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes.”
- 4
To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
“The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain.”
- 5
To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
“to stab a person's reputation”
- 6
To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- 7
To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.
noun
- 1
An incident in which a person is stabbed.
“A stabbing took place in the alley last night.”
adjective
- 1
(of pain) Sharp, intense.
“Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.”
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