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verb
- 1. thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill: "he stabbed her in the stomach" Similar
noun
- 1. a thrust with a knife or other pointed weapon: "multiple stab wounds" Similar
- 2. an attempt to do (something): informal "Meredith made a feeble stab at joining in" Similar
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to injure someone with a sharp pointed object such as a knife: She was stabbed several times in the chest. He was jailed for 15 years for stabbing his wife to death. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to hurt someone physically. hurt I hurt my arm climbing over the fence.
The meaning of STAB is a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon. How to use stab in a sentence.
Stab definition: to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon. See examples of STAB used in a sentence.
If you stab something or stab at it, you push at it with your finger or with something pointed that you are holding.
To stab is to thrust or jab something sharp, the way you stab your sandwich with a toothpick or the way Brutus (and others) stab Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play. You can stab at the soil in your garden with a trowel or stab the steak on your plate with a fork.
to do or say something that harms somebody who trusts you synonym betray. See stab in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: stab. Definition of stab verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. A thrust with a pointed weapon or instrument. 2. A wound inflicted with or as if with a pointed weapon. 3. A sudden piercing pain. 4. An attempt; a try: made a stab at the answer. Idiom: stab (someone) in the back. To harm (someone) by treachery or betrayal of trust. [Middle English stabben .] stab′ber n.
