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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.
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.
If you stab something or stab at it, you push at it with your finger or with something pointed that you are holding.
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.
stab something (at/into/through something) He stabbed his finger angrily at my chest. She stabbed her cigarette into the ashtray. I stabbed at my meat with my fork.
