Meaning

8 senses
  1. Having one or more sharp points.

  2. Quick and thrusting.

  3. Sudden and acute.

  4. Staccato.

  5. Penetrating and hostile.

  6. (slang)Acting in a violent and/or deranged manner.

  7. (slang)Prone to commit an act of stabbing.

  8. (broadly, slang)Angry or irritated.

Origin

From stab + -y.

From stab + -y.

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Forms

stabbier, stabbiest
Comparativestabbier Lesson
Superlativestabbiest Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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