Stabbing definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STABBING, ppr. Piercing with a pointed weapon; killing with a pointed instrument by piercing the body. STABBING, n. The act of piercing with a pointed weapon; the ... 2005) adj 1: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty" [syn: stabbing, wounding] 2: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument ... knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, ...
... a sudden sharp feeling < stabs of regret > II. verb (stabbed; stabbing) Date: 1530 transitive verb 1. to wound or pierce by ... weapon • stabber noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v. & n. --v. (stabbed, stabbing) 1 tr. pierce or wound with a (usu. short) pointed ... a weapon. 3 intr. cause a sensation like being stabbed (stabbing pain). 4 tr. hurt or distress (a person, feelings, conscience ... person's reputation, etc. --n. 1 a an instance of stabbing. b a blow or thrust with a knife etc. 2 ... v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave, staff, a ... a stab given to character. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (stabs, stabbing, stabbed) 1. If someone stabs you, they push a ...
... short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing [syn: dagger, sticker] 2: a character used in printing to ... English Date: 14th century 1. a sharp pointed knife for stabbing 2. a. something that resembles a dagger b. a character ... date • daggerlike adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a short stabbing-weapon with a pointed and edged blade. 2 Printing = OBELUS ... See Dag a dagger.] 1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife ...
... lance. 2. A sharp pointed instrument with barbs; used for stabbing fish and other animals. 3. A shoot, as of grass ... Scott. 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. 4. A shoot, as of grass ...
... by through, up, etc.) (of a pain) pass with a stabbing sensation. b (of part of the body) be intermittently painful ... up, sprit, sprout, sprout up, spurt, stab, stab to death, stabbing pain, stalk, start, stem, step on it, still-hunt, stitch ...
... 2005) adj 1: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty" [syn: stabbing, wounding] n 1: the act of inflicting a wound [syn ...