stabbing Definition

stab
verb stabbed, stabbing

1a. To wound or pierce with a sharp or pointed instrument or weapon;

Thesaurus: knife, pierce, stick, gore, puncture, spear.
1b. Said of a sharp instrument, etc: to wound or pierce;
1c. To push (a sharp implement) into (someone or something).
2. To make a quick thrusting movement with something sharp at something.

Form: stab at something (often)
3. To produce a sharp piercing sensation.

Example: Her back pain stabs relentlessly

noun

1. An act of stabbing.

Thesaurus: puncture, incision, jab, rent, thrust, wound, prick, cut.
2. A stabbing sensation.

Example: felt a sudden stab of pain

Derivative: stabber
noun

Idiom: have a stab at something (make a stab at something)

To try to do it; to try to answer.
Example: I didn't really know the answer, but at least I made a stab at it

Etymology: 14c.

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stabbing
noun

1. An act or the action or process of using a sharp implement to cut, wound, etc.

adj

1. Said of a pain: sharp and sudden.
2. Said of a remark, etc: hurtful.