stab
verb (used with object)
to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
stabber
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a word derived from
stab.
Example Sentences
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The St. Cloud mall stabber, Dahir Adan, was born in a refugee camp in Kenya and had lived in the United States since age 2, becoming a U.S. citizen in 2008.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2016
First off I thought it must be private, and I held the letter stabber in the air while I took a closer look.
From Wilt Thou Torchy by Sewell Ford
He meditated still more profoundly, and produced and began to pierce a second cigar with a curious little stabber he affected.
From Twelve Stories and a Dream by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
At the base there are figures representing Neptune with his fabled pickerel stabber, life size; also Amphitrite, Acis and Galatea.
From Remarks by Bill Nye
The goad with the iron brad was in the wagon, and snatching it out I struck the end against a stone, and the stabber flew into the mill-pond.
From A Study of Hawthorne by George Parsons Lathrop
