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stabber

stabber noun: one who, or that which, stabs.

Noun

stabber (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. A small marlinespike.

Forms of stabber

pluralstabbers

Origin of stabber

From stab + -er.

Words formed from stabber

Phrases with stabber

Questions about stabber

What does stabber mean?
Stabber means one who, or that which, stabs.
What part of speech is stabber?
Stabber is a noun.
What is the plural of stabber?
The plural of stabber is stabbers.

Words near stabber in the dictionary

  1. stabbed a guess
  2. stabbed in the back
  3. stabbedst
  4. stabbee
  5. stabbees
  6. stabber
  7. stabbers
  8. stabbest
  9. stabbeth
  10. stabbier
  11. stabbiest

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