stabby
/ˈstabi
/adjective (stabbier, stabbiest) informal
1(Of a pain) sudden and sharp: when I got out of bed I felt a stabby pain in my left foot...
- Last night I woke up around 4am with this horrible stabby feeling deep down in my left ear.
- Sometimes his head is stabby and migrainous.
- I slept funny last night - left shoulder stabby.
1.1(Of popular music) characterized by staccato interjected phrases: a stabby guitar riff...
- A lovely EP: exciting quick bits with stabby guitar.
- Track two kicks off with a cutting Wilko Johnson style stabby guitar riff and rolls along with a catchy chorus.
- Somewhat arty post-glam stabby guitars and twitchy rhythms, all performed at a ridiculously uptempo rate.
2(Of a person) very angry; furious: It’s not even 8 a.m. and I’m feeling stabby...
- No, I'm not saying that the very air of the region makes rational decent people feel stabby.
- This conversation is making me stabby.
- So I'll admit, sometimes when I hear the current conversation about video I get a little stabby.
Origin
1980s: from stab + -y1.