adj
Meaning 1
Sharp, intense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stabbing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈstæb.ɪŋ/
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rhymes with -æbɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: S T AE1 B IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An incident in which a person is stabbed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A stabbing took place in the alley last night.
- The hospital receives many victims of stabbings.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of stab
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a cutting wind
- keen winds
- knifelike cold
- piercing knifelike pains
- piercing cold
- piercing criticism
- a stabbing pain
- lancinating pain
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, lancinate, lancinating
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
causing physical or especially psychological injury
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a stabbing remark
- wounding and false charges of disloyalty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wounding
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: bıçaqlaşma — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- Dutch: steekpartij — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- Finnish: puukotus — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- Galician: acoitelamento — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- Galician: apuñalamento — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- German: Messerstecherei — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- Italian: accoltellamento — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- Portuguese: esfaqueamento — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- Spanish: apuñalamiento — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- Spanish: acuchillamiento — in incident in which a person is stabbed
- Turkish: bıçaklama — in incident in which a person is stabbed