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stab
(stăb)v. stabbed, stab·bing, stabs
v.tr.
1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something.
3. To make a thrusting or poking motion at or into: stabbed the air with his fingers.
v.intr.
1. To thrust with or as if with a pointed weapon: stabbed at the food with her fork.
2. To inflict a wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
n.
Idiom: 1. A thrust with a pointed weapon or instrument.
2. A wound inflicted with or as if with a pointed weapon.
3. A sudden piercing pain.
4. An attempt; a try: made a stab at the answer.
stab (someone) in the back
To harm (someone) by treachery or betrayal of trust.
[Middle English stabben.]
stab′ber n.
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stabbing
(ˈstæbɪŋ)n
the act or an instance of someone being injured with a sharp pointed instrument, esp a knife
adj
painful or piercing as if caused by a sharp instrument
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stab•bing
(ˈstæb ɪŋ)adj.
1. penetrating; piercing: a stabbing pain.
2. emotionally wounding.
[1590–1600]
stab′bing•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | stabbing - causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty" harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" |
| 2. | stabbing - 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" sharp - keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point; "a sharp pain"; "sharp winds" |
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stabbing
adjective sharp, shooting, violent, acute, severe, fierce, piercing, excruciating, gut-wrenching He was struck by a stabbing pain in his midriff.
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stabbing
adjectiveThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
شَديد الوَخْز
bodavý
jagende
lancinantpoignardagepoignardement
szúró
stingandi
bodavý
anî ve bıçak gibi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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stabbing
n → Messerstecherei f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stabbing
[ˈstæbɪŋ]1. n there's been a stabbing → c'è stato un accoltellamento
2. adj (pain, ache) → lancinante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stab
(stab) – past tense, past participle stabbed – verb to wound or pierce with a pointed instrument or weapon. He stabbed him (through the heart / in the chest) with a dagger.
noun an act of stabbing or a piercing blow.
ˈstabbing adjective (of pain etc) very acute as though caused by a stab. He complained of a stabbing pain just before he collapsed.
stab (someone) in the back to act treacherously towards (someone).
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stabbing
adj (pain) punzanteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.