stabby /ˈstæbi/ adjective8 •Having one or more sharp points.At any rate there flourished by the curbing, sure enough, a wide and very stabby cactus garden, extending Tartar hospitality. — 1935 •(slang) Acting in a violent and/or deranged manner. •(slang) Prone to commit an act of stabbing.I don’t get mad, I get stabby. — 1999 •(slang) Angry or irritated.Some of the tasks can be a little difficult, and thus enjoyable, but all in all they left me feeling depressed and stabby (when you feel like stabbing someone). — 2003 •Quick and thrusting.Neither possesses a serve fast enough to dent a radar gun and their stabby backhands resemble karate chops. — 1991 •Staccato.The guitar player is playing kind of melodic licks, and the horns are stabby, accent parts. — 1999 •(informal) Penetrating and hostile.Her eyes are the stabby kind, worse than long hatpins. Honest, after one glance I felt like I was bein' held up on a fork. — 1917 •Sudden and acute. formsstabbier · stabbiest