Stab (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), stabbed, stab·bing.
  1. to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
  2. to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something: He stabbed the knife into the man's chest.
  3. to penetrate sharply or painfully: Their misery stabbed his conscience.
  4. 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), stabbed, stab·bing.
  1. to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon: to stab at an attacker.
  2. to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon.
noun
  1. the act of stabbing.
  2. a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon.
  3. an attempt; try; Make a stab at an answer before giving up.
  4. a wound made by stabbing.
  5. a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation: He felt a stab of pain in his foot.A stab of pity ran through her.
Idioms
  1. an act of treachery.
  2. to do harm to (someone), especially to a friend or to a person who is unsuspecting or in a defenseless position.
abbreviation
  1. stabilization.
  2. stabilizer.
  3. stable.
verb stabs, stabbing or stabbed
  1. to pierce or injure with a sharp pointed instrument
  2. (of a sharp pointed instrument) to pierce or wound
  3. to make a thrust (at); jab
  4. to inflict with a sharp pain
  5. stab in the back
    • to do damage to the reputation of (a person, esp a friend) in a surreptitious way
    • a treacherous action or remark that causes the downfall of or injury to a person
noun
  1. the act or an instance of stabbing
  2. an injury or rift made by stabbing
  3. a sudden sensation, esp an unpleasant one
  4. an attempt (esp in the phrase make a stab at)
Stab (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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