verb Download 🔗Share To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. Examples : "The bully stabbed the other boy with a pen, causing a small, but painful, wound. " weapon action body police military war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To thrust in a stabbing motion. Examples : "to stab a dagger into a person" action weapon war military police Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at). Examples : "He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes." action weapon war military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at). Examples : "The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain." sensation body action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander. Examples : "The gossip spread quickly, stabbing her reputation with malicious rumors. " communication character action moral negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster. Examples : "Before applying the plaster, the mason was stabbing the old brick wall to give it a rough surface. " architecture building technical material work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire. Examples : "The seamstress carefully stabbed the fabric to thread the needle. " stationery writing technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An incident in which a person is stabbed. Examples : "A stabbing took place in the alley last night." police action event weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of pain) Sharp, intense. Examples : "Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest." sensation medicine body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
