definition of
stabbing

[1] #1 stabbing s. [wounding] causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty". wn

[2] #2 stabbing s. [cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, lancinate, lancinating] 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". wn