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stab
1[stab]
verb (used with object)
to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something.
He stabbed the knife into the man's chest.
to penetrate sharply or painfully.
Their misery stabbed his conscience.
to make a piercing, thrusting, or pointing motion at or in.
He stabbed me in the chest with his finger.
The speaker stabbed the air in anger.
verb (used without object)
to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon.
to stab at an attacker.
to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon.
stab.
2abbreviation
stabilization.
stabilizer.
stable.
stab
/ stæb /
verb
(tr) to pierce or injure with a sharp pointed instrument
(tr) (of a sharp pointed instrument) to pierce or wound
the knife stabbed her hand
to make a thrust (at); jab
he stabbed at the doorway
(tr) to inflict with a sharp pain
(verb) to do damage to the reputation of (a person, esp a friend) in a surreptitious way
(noun) a treacherous action or remark that causes the downfall of or injury to a person
noun
the act or an instance of stabbing
an injury or rift made by stabbing
a sudden sensation, esp an unpleasant one
a stab of pity
informal, an attempt (esp in the phrase make a stab at )
Other Word Forms
- restab verb
- unstabbed adjective
- stabber noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of stab1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stab1
Idioms and Phrases
stab (someone) in the back, to do harm to (someone), especially to a friend or to a person who is unsuspecting or in a defenseless position.
a stab in the back, an act of treachery.
More idioms and phrases containing stab
Example Sentences
Greater Manchester Police and counter terrorism officers investigating the attack have said Al-Shamie left the synagogue on foot and returned in a car, driving at and then stabbing worshippers.
Mr Cravitz died after an attacker rammed a car into and stabbed worshippers gathering for a service to mark Yom Kippur – the holiest day of the Jewish calendar – at Heaton Park Synagogue.
Former USC quarterback and current Fox NFL analyst Mark Sanchez was stabbed early Saturday morning and is being treated in an Indianapolis hospital.
Mr Daulby, 53, and Mr Cravitz, 66, died in the attack after the attacker drove a car at members of the public before stabbing people on Thursday morning.
Attacker Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, drove a car at the building and stabbed one man to death before armed police shot him dead.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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