stabbed
- 1Simple past and past participle of stab.
The attacker stabbed the guard twice before running off into the night.
She was stabbed in the arm during the struggle and rushed to the hospital.
Note
A regular past form with a doubled consonant: the b of stab doubles before -ed. One spelling serves both the simple past (he stabbed the guard) and the participle after have or be (she was stabbed). Watch the preposition. Stabbed someone means a wound was made, while stabbed at describes jabbing toward a target, and a pain that stabbed at her is felt, not dealt.
He stabbed at the screen with his finger until the page finally loaded.
A sudden cramp stabbed at her side halfway through the race.
stabbed is a form of stab
stab, verb: To drive a weapon or tool, usually a pointed one and most often a knife or dagger, into someone so as to pierce or wound them. Full entry
- Spelling
- stab → stabbed: double the b, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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