stabber

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noun

One who, or that which, stabs.

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Meanings

nounstabber (plural stabbers)

plural stabbers

  1. One who, or that which, stabs.

    Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails.

    1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 14
  2. nauticalA small marlinespike.

Origin

From stab + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

stabber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabber

MLA

“stabber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabber. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stabber,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stabber.

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