"stabbing" in the verb sense
1. knife, stab
use a knife on
"The victim was knifed to death"
2. stab, jab
stab or pierce
"he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"
3. jab, prod, stab, poke, dig
poke or thrust abruptly
"he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
"stabbing" in the adjective sense
1. stabbing, wounding
causing physical or especially psychological injury
"a stabbing remark"
"wounding and false charges of disloyalty"
2. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
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"
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