Stabbing - English meaning

noun

A blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used to stab an opponent in hand-to-hand fighting.

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They include a crossbow, rifles, swords, bayonets, handguns and pistols, 340 rounds of ammunition a…

verb

Stab (someone) with a bayonet.

Usage examples:

Stragglers were bayoneted where they fell

noun

A long, sharp blade attached to a gun

Usage examples:

In training, we learned to bayonet a straw dummy.

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Usage examples:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

noun

A long, deep cut or wound.

Usage examples:

A bad gash in one leg became infected

verb

Make a long, deep cut in.

Usage examples:

The jagged edges gashed their fingers

noun

Rubbish or waste.

Usage examples:

The gash bucket

noun

Blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence.

Usage examples:

The film omitted the blood and gore in order to avoid controversy

verb

(of an animal such as a bull) pierce or stab (a person or other animal) with a horn or tusk.

Usage examples:

He was gored to death by a charging bull

verb

Shape with a gore or gores.

Usage examples:

For a larger figure it would be necessary to slightly gore the skirt

verb

Transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument.

Usage examples:

His head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see

verb

To push a sharp pointed object through something, esp. an animal’s or person’s body

Usage examples:

Walruses sometimes use their tusks to impale seals for food.

verb

Do physical harm or damage to (someone).

Usage examples:

The explosion injured several people

verb

Cause bodily harm to

noun

An instrument composed of a blade fixed into a handle, used for cutting or as a weapon.

Usage examples:

He studied the padded envelope for a moment, before pulling out a pocket knife and cutting into one…

verb

Stab (someone) with a knife.

Usage examples:

He was knifed to death during the argument

noun

A large knife, typically having a sharp blade with one partially serrated edge, used to skin and cut up animals killed for food.

Usage examples:

He was equipped with nothing but a dog and a hunting knife

verb

Go into or through (something), especially with force or effort.

Usage examples:

The shrapnel had penetrated his head

verb

Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

verb

To move into or through something

Usage examples:

[ i ] the drill isn’t sharp enough to penetrate into the rock., [ t ] women have begun to penetrate…

verb

Pierce and make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

There is a very small risk of the scope perforating the colon

adjective

Perforated.

Usage examples:

A perforate shell

verb

(of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something).

Usage examples:

A splinter had pierced the skin

verb

To go in or through something, esp. with a pointed object, making a hole

Usage examples:

Pierce the potatoes with a fork to see if they’re done., she got her ears pierced.

verb

Make a small hole in (something) with a sharp point; pierce slightly.

Usage examples:

Prick the potatoes with a fork

noun

An act of piercing something with a sharp point.

Usage examples:

The pin prick had produced a drop of blood

verb

To make a small hole or holes in the surface of something

Usage examples:

The nurse pricked his finger to draw blood.

noun

A small hole in a tyre resulting in an escape of air.

Usage examples:

She was on her way home when she had a puncture

verb

Make a puncture in (something).

Usage examples:

One of the knife blows had punctured a lung

noun

A small hole made by a sharp object

verb

Score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object.

Usage examples:

The car's paintwork was battered and scratched

noun

A mark or wound made by scratching.

Usage examples:

The scratches on her arm were throbbing

adjective

Assembled or made from whatever is available, and so unlikely to be of the highest quality.

Usage examples:

City were fielding a scratch squad

noun

A long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking.

Usage examples:

Thread the meat on to large skewers and grill over a gentle heat

verb

Fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer.

Usage examples:

Skewer the cubes of beef, using six to eight per skewer

noun

A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted

verb

Cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword.

Usage examples:

For what felt like hours we climbed behind the trackers slashing the undergrowth ahead

noun

A wide, sweeping stroke made with a knife or sword.

Usage examples:

The man took a mighty slash at his head with a large sword

conjunction

An oblique stroke (/) in print or writing, used between alternatives (e.g. and/or ), in fractions (e.g. 3/4 ), in ratios (e.g. miles/day ), or between separate elements of a text.

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noun

A weapon with a pointed tip, typically of steel, and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing.

Usage examples:

Their traditional hunting weapons were spears and blow guns.

verb

Pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object.

Usage examples:

She speared her last chip with her fork

verb

A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

noun

A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.

Usage examples:

The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.

verb

Impale on or pierce with a sharp point.

Usage examples:

She spiked another oyster

noun

A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.

Usage examples:

This handsome plant has striking blue flowers in a spike on the stem

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

verb

Pull (something) apart or to pieces with force.

Usage examples:

I tore up the letter

noun

A hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully.

Usage examples:

There was a tear in her dress

verb

(of the eye) produce tears.

Usage examples:

The freezing wind made her eyes tear

verb

Cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment.

Usage examples:

He was transfixed by the pain in her face

verb

To make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened

Usage examples:

The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech., a body lay in the corner, transfixed by a …

verb

Pierce through (someone or something).

Usage examples:

With a shower of arrowy death-pangs he transpierced me

noun

An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.

Usage examples:

A knife wound

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Usage examples:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

verb

Past and past participle of wind2.