Associations to the word «Stabbing»

Wiktionary

STABBING, adjective. (of pain) sharp, intense
STABBING, noun. An incident in which a person is stabbed.
STABBING, verb. Present participle of stab

Dictionary definition

STABBING, adjective. Causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty".
STABBING, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats