Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a point or a sharp edge that is capable of causing a stab wound.
- adjective Annoyed or angry.
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- adjective having one or more
sharp points - adjective of movement
quick andthrusting - adjective coming on
suddenly andacutely felt - adjective of sound
staccato - adjective
penetrating andhostile - adjective slang acting in a
violent and/orderanged manner - adjective slang, by analogy
angry orirritated
Etymologies
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Examples
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You just never know when you're going to feel a bit "stabby".
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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You just never know when you're going to feel a bit "stabby".
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You just never know when you're going to feel a bit "stabby".
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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You just never know when you're going to feel a bit "stabby".
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It's not often that I feel "stabby" but it's a feeling that is more and more common when I'm doing something like, oh I don't know, breathing oxygen.
Mocha Momma 2009
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Angella for the term "stabby" which is so accurate, isn't it?), Hayley decided that she really wanted to cook something.
Chaos Theory 2009
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GEORGIE: Well, Tim's my long stabby thing, but I used to have the Olympic torch under the bed when I was single.
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The ongoing itch has mutated, causing sharp stabby pain yesterday.
Medical issues at cons bryant 2009
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Anyone out to injure is probably going to know enough to make those things all stabby anyway.
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Now Australia's version of the "Today Show" completely falls apart during a discussion about a "long, stabby thing" that one of the co-host's keeps by his bed to fend off intruders.
seanahan commented on the word stabby
How I feel when see really annoying words.
October 18, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word stabby
This is just such a perfect word for that. I love it.
October 18, 2007
seanahan commented on the word stabby
Also, this is how I feel when driving my car. Or when watching the news, or when browsing the internet, or ...
Hmm, maybe I have anger management issues.
October 18, 2007
trivet commented on the word stabby
It is nice and snarly, though.
October 18, 2007
ecbrenner commented on the word stabby
"Of a person, prone to stabbing or making a series of short slashing or poking motions; of a thing, able to prod, pierce, or cut. Also in figurative uses." --Double-Tongued Dictionary
September 25, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word stabby
Reminds me of Hamlet's instructions to the players who are to perform the play-within-a-play in Act III Scene II:
"Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, the whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness."
September 25, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word stabby
Actors are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time. :)
September 25, 2009