What does stabbing mean?

Definitions for stabbing
ˈstæb ɪŋstab·bing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word stabbing.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. stabbing, woundingadjective

    causing physical or especially psychological injury

    "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"

  2. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinatingadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. stabbingnoun

    An incident in which a person is stabbed.

  2. stabbingadjective

    Sharp, intense.

Wikipedia

  1. Stabbing

    A stabbing is penetration or rough contact with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across it. Stabbings today are common among gangs and in prisons because knives are cheap, easy to acquire (or manufacture), easily concealable and relatively effective. In 2013, about 8 million stabbings occurred.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stabbing

    of Stab

Wikidata

  1. Stabbing

    A stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across it. Stabbings today are common among gangs and in prisons because knives are cheap, easy to acquire, easily concealable and relatively effective.

How to pronounce stabbing?

How to say stabbing in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stabbing in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stabbing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of stabbing in a Sentence

  1. Henry Hildebrandt:

    They are now stabbing them in the back left and right, whether it's the TSA workers, or the police, or the firemen, or the doctors, or the nurses.

  2. Pongtip Samranjit:

    The ALRO is stabbing them in the back and going back on the deal with the villagers.

  3. Chief James Essig:

    He’s wanted in terms of the stabbing.

  4. Scott C. Holstad:

    Bronchial fix, lung lining expanding again, pounding holes, stabbing me in the back, bacterial traitor, wheezing breath from me, giving me the wonderful opportunity to take panting lessons from Rover.

  5. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon:

    We are managing to foil plans by the organizations, the terrorist groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, to carry out attacks. If it were up to them, there would be suicide bombings and gun attacks here every day, the fact that we are succeeding lends salience to the attempted stabbing or car-ramming attacks. We will also prevail over this phenomenon, I say, but this is a process that takes time. Statistically, we see a waning of this.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

stabbing#10000#32913#100000

Translations for stabbing

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for stabbing »

Translation

Find a translation for the stabbing definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"stabbing." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 10 May 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/stabbing>.

Discuss these stabbing definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for stabbing? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Image or illustration of

    stabbing

    Credit »

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    anything that provides inspiration for later work
    A leaven
    B crate
    C germ
    D abandon

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for stabbing: