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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

stabbing
     See {stab}
Source: WordNet® 2.0