stabber

English

Etymology

From stab +‎ -er.

Noun

stabber (plural stabbers)

1. One who, or that which, stabs.
   • 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 14:

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

2. (nautical) A small marlinespike.

Derived terms

• shit-stabber

 

Anagrams

• tabbers, St Barbe, barbets, rabbets