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stabbing
鐵絲釘套訂; 磚牆劃粗紋
Stab v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.]
1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
stab
n 1: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab
of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: pang, twinge]
2: a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed
instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
[syn: thrust, knife thrust]
3: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his
best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: shot]
v 1: use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: knife]
2: stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket
knife" [syn: jab]
3: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
ribs" [syn: jab, prod, poke, dig]
[also: stabbing, stabbed]
stabbing
adj 1: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a
stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic
than losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of
disloyalty" [syn: traumatic, wounding]
2: as physically 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" [syn: cutting, keen,
knifelike, piercing, lancinate, lancinating]